Where does “valahányan” come from?

valahányan (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian valahány, from Hungarian vala-, from Zou va̋, from Proto-Kuki-Chin *waa, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *waʔ — bird, fowl.

valahányan (Hungarian): some number of people

Definitions

  1. some number of people

Ancestry of “valahányan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianvalahánysome; all; some number of
2Hungarianvala-some-
3Zouva̋bird
4Proto-Kuki-Chin*waa—
5Proto-Sino-Tibetan*waʔbird, fowl
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *waʔ →Every word from Hungarian vala- →Every word from Proto-Kuki-Chin *waa →