Where does “hămăi” come from?

hămăi (Romanian) comes from Romanian ham, from Hungarian hám, from Hungarian hámoz, from Proto-Uralic kämä — hard, firm.

hămăi (Romanian): to bark, to yap

Definitions

  1. to bark, to yap

Ancestry of “hămăi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianhamharness; woof, the sound a barking dog makes
2Hungarianhámharness; epithelium
3Hungarianhámozto peel
4Proto-Uralickämähard, firm

Words derived from “hămăi”

Every word from Proto-Uralic kämä →Every word from Hungarian hámoz →Every word from Hungarian hám →
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