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Where does “Lenni” come from?

Lenni (Finnish) comes from Hungarian van, from Hungarian kedve, 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...

Ancestry of “Lenni”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianvanto be, to exist; to have; someone has something;...
2Hungariankedvethird-person singular single-possession...
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...
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