Where does “aliméti” come from?

aliméti (Lingala) comes from French allumette, from French -ette, from Latin -itta, from Hungarian iszik, from Proto-Uralic jëxe- — to drink; to flow?.

aliméti (Lingala): match (device to make fire)

Definitions

  1. match (device to make fire)

Ancestry of “aliméti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchallumettematch
2French-ettefemale equivalent of -et
3Latin-itta
4Hungarianiszikto drink
5Proto-Uralicjëxe-to drink; to flow?
Every word from Proto-Uralic jëxe-
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