Where does “almete” come from?

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

almete (Moore): match (for starting fires)

Definitions

  1. match (for starting fires)

Ancestry of “almete”, 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- →Every word from French -ette →Every word from Hungarian iszik →