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Where does “árnyjáték” come from?

árnyjáték (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian árny, from Hungarian árnyék, from Hungarian -ék, 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...

árnyjáték (Hungarian): shadow play

Definitions

  1. shadow play

Ancestry of “árnyjáték”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianárnyshadow, shade; ghost
2Hungarianárnyékshadow
3Hungarian-ékAdded to a verb to form a noun; “Heterogeneous...
4Hungarian-éUsed to form the lative, expressing the direction...
5Albanian-ë-ing, -ion
6Proto-West Germanic-jā—
7Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
8Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “árnyjáték”

  • árnyjátékok
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