Where does “halas” come from?
halas (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Hungarian halász, from Hungarian hál, from Proto-Uralic kale- — to die.
halas (Serbo-Croatian): a river fisherman
Ancestry of “halas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | halász | fisherman, fisher |
| 2 | Hungarian | hál | to sleep |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | kale- | to die |