Hungarian Historical Phonology fizet

fizet 'pay'

First attestation/Old Hungarian data

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Important dialectal forms

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Uralic/Pre-Hungarian reconstruction

? Proto-Hungarian *piδV-

Cognates suggested in earlier research

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Loan etymology

Hu fizet ← Iranian (Alanic), cf. Ossetic fid- 'pay'

Commentary

The Iranian origin of the Hungarian word is plausible. The donor form looks like Alanic, but the loan has to be relatively early, as it has to predate the emergence of Hungarian z.

Conclusion

The Iranian loan etymology is convincing.

References

EWUng

Helimski 2002: Hu ← Ir

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