Where does “falangeta” come from?
falangeta (Portuguese) comes from French phalangette, from French -ette, from Latin -itta, from Hungarian iszik, from Proto-Uralic jëxe- — to drink; to flow?.
falangeta (Portuguese): distal phalange
Definitions
- distal phalange
Ancestry of “falangeta”, step by step
falangeta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French phalangette
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | phalangette | distal phalange |
| 2 | French | -ette | female equivalent of -et |
| 3 | Latin | -itta | — |
| 4 | Hungarian | iszik | to drink |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | jëxe- | to drink; to flow? |