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
- 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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | alá | under, underneath, below, beneath; Synonym of... |
| 2 | Hungarian | ál | false, fake, sham, phoney, make-believe, bogus,... |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | ëla | below |
via Hungarian véka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | véka | bushel a vessel for measuring or holding grains |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | věko | lid; eyelid |
via Hungarian rejt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | rejt | to hide |