Where does “szilfa” come from?

szilfa (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian fá, from Proto-Uralic puwe — tree, wood.

szilfa (Hungarian): elm tree, elm a tree of the genus

Definitions

  1. elm tree, elm a tree of the genus

Ancestry of “szilfa”, step by step

szilfa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian fá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianfáfa, a syllable used in solfège to represent the...
2Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood

via Hungarian szil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianszilelm (tree)
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Hungarian fá →
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