Where does “fel” come from?
fel (Romanian) comes from Hungarian -féle, from Hungarian fél, from Proto-Uralic pide, from Finnish pitää, from Proto-Finnic pitädäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-.
fel (Romanian): sort, type, kind; manner, style, way
Definitions
- sort, type, kind; manner, style, way
Ancestry of “fel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | -féle | sort of, type of; related to someone, created by... |
| 2 | Hungarian | fél | to fear, to be afraid of something; to fear... |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | pide | tall |
| 4 | Finnish | pitää | to hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | pitädäk | to hold, to grasp; to keep |
| 6 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | pitä- | — |