Where does “hămăială” come from?

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

hămăială (Romanian): bark

Definitions

  1. bark

Ancestry of “hămăială”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianhămăito bark, to yap
2Romanianhamharness; woof, the sound a barking dog makes
3Hungarianhámharness; epithelium
4Hungarianhámozto peel
5Proto-Uralickämähard, firm
Every word from Proto-Uralic kämä →Every word from Hungarian hámoz →Every word from Hungarian hám →
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