Where does “valamelyest” come from?
valamelyest (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian valamely, from Hungarian vala-, from Zou va̋, from Proto-Kuki-Chin *waa, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *waʔ.
valamelyest (Hungarian): somewhat
Ancestry of “valamelyest”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | valamely | some; some person, someone |
| 2 | Hungarian | vala- | some- |
| 3 | Zou | va̋ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Kuki-Chin | *waa | — |
| 5 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | *waʔ | — |