Where does “tengerfenék” come from?
tengerfenék (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian fenék, from Hungarian fene, from Hungarian fen, from Hungarian fenn, from Hungarian fél, from Proto-Uralic pide, from Finnish pitää, from Proto-Finnic pitädäk.
tengerfenék (Hungarian): seabed, seafloor the floor or bottom of the sea
Definitions
- seabed, seafloor the floor or bottom of the sea
Ancestry of “tengerfenék”, step by step
tengerfenék traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian fenék
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | fenék | bottom, buttock; bottom, seat |
| 2 | Hungarian | fene | damned, bloody, helluva; damn, hell; ulcer,... |
| 3 | Hungarian | fen | to sharpen, to whet, to hone; to rub, to smear;... |
| 4 | Hungarian | fenn | Alternative form of fent; above |
| 5 | Hungarian | fél | to fear, to be afraid of something; to fear... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | pide | tall |
| 7 | Finnish | pitää | to hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be... |
| 8 | Proto-Finnic | pitädäk | to hold, to grasp; to keep |
| 9 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | pitä- | — |