Where does “-ai” come from?

-ai (Hungarian) comes 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...

-ai (Hungarian): possessive suffix for multiple possessions

Definitions

  1. possessive suffix for multiple possessions

Ancestry of “-ai”, step by step

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

Words derived from “-ai”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Hungarian -i →Every word from Hungarian -é →
-ai — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer