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Where does “-csi” come from?

-csi (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...

-csi (Hungarian): Diminutive suffix, used mostly in given names,...

Definitions

  1. Diminutive suffix, used mostly in given names,...

Ancestry of “-csi”, 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 “-csi”

  • kíváncsiak
  • kíváncsibb
  • Jancsi
  • legkíváncsibb
  • kíváncsian
  • Moncsi
  • dolcsi
  • Karcsi
  • fincsi
  • amcsi
  • kíváncsi
  • pulcsi
  • kíváncsiságból
  • kíváncsiság
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →