Where does “sălăjeancă” come from?

sălăjeancă (Romanian) comes from Romanian sălăjean, from Romanian Sălaj, from Hungarian Szilágy, from Hungarian ágy, from Proto-Finno-Ugric ajŋe — brain.

Ancestry of “sălăjeancă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniansălăjean
2RomanianSălaj
3HungarianSzilágy
4Hungarianágybed
5Proto-Finno-Ugricajŋebrain
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric ajŋeEvery word from Hungarian ágyEvery word from Hungarian Szilágy