Where does “fēlēs” come from?

fēlēs (Latin) comes from Hungarian fél, from Proto-Uralic pide, from Finnish pitää, from Proto-Finnic pitädäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-.

fēlēs (Latin): cat

Definitions

  1. cat

Ancestry of “fēlēs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianfélto fear, to be afraid of something; to fear...
2Proto-Uralicpidetall
3Finnishpitääto hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...
4Proto-Finnicpitädäkto hold, to grasp; to keep
5Proto-Finno-Ugricpitä-—

Words derived from “fēlēs”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic pitädäk →Every word from Finnish pitää →