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Where does “tokay” come from?

tokay (English) comes from Hungarian tokaji, from Hungarian -i, from Hungarian -é, from Albanian -ë, from Proto-West Germanic -jā, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

tokay (English): A variety of grape grown in eastern Hungary and...

Definitions

  1. A variety of grape grown in eastern Hungary and...

Ancestry of “tokay”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariantokajiof Tokaj; a sweet Hungarian dessert wine made in...
2Hungarian-iAdded to a proper noun, noun or postposition to...
3Hungarian-éUsed to form the lative, expressing the direction...
4Albanian-ë-ing, -ion
5Proto-West Germanic-jā—
6Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
7Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “tokay”

  • tokaji
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