Where does “véka alá rejt” come from?

véka alá rejt (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian alá, from Hungarian ál, from Proto-Uralic ëla — below.

véka alá rejt (Hungarian): to hide, conceal to keep one's opinions, valuable qualities or abilities hidden from someone else

Definitions

  1. to hide, conceal to keep one's opinions, valuable qualities or abilities hidden from someone else

Ancestry of “véka alá rejt”, step by step

véka alá rejt traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian alá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianaláunder, underneath, below, beneath; Synonym of...
2Hungarianálfalse, fake, sham, phoney, make-believe, bogus,...
3Proto-Uralicëlabelow

via Hungarian véka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianvékabushel a vessel for measuring or holding grains
2Proto-Slavicvěkolid; eyelid

via Hungarian rejt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianrejtto hide
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëlaEvery word from Hungarian álEvery word from Hungarian alá