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Where does “árnyjátékok” come from?

árnyjátékok (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian árnyjáték, 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 — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

árnyjátékok (Hungarian): nominative plural of árnyjáték

Definitions

  1. nominative plural of árnyjáték

Ancestry of “árnyjátékok”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianárnyjátékshadow play
2Hungarianárnyshadow, shade; ghost
3Hungarianárnyékshadow
4Hungarian-ékAdded to a verb to form a noun; “Heterogeneous...
5Hungarian-éUsed to form the lative, expressing the direction...
6Albanian-ë-ing, -ion
7Proto-West Germanic-jā—
8Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
9Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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