Where does “la fel” come from?
la fel (Romanian) comes from Romanian fel, from Hungarian -féle, from Hungarian fél, from Proto-Uralic pide, from Finnish pitää, from Proto-Finnic pitädäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-.
la fel (Romanian): the same (as), identical (to)
Definitions
- the same (as), identical (to)
Ancestry of “la fel”, step by step
la fel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian fel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | fel | sort, type, kind; manner, style, way |
| 2 | Hungarian | -féle | sort of, type of; related to someone, created by... |
| 3 | Hungarian | fél | to fear, to be afraid of something; to fear... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | pide | tall |
| 5 | Finnish | pitää | to hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be... |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | pitädäk | to hold, to grasp; to keep |
| 7 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | pitä- | — |