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Where does “-e” come from?

-e (Hungarian) comes 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...

-e (Hungarian): Used to form the lative, expressing the direction...

Definitions

  1. Used to form the lative, expressing the direction...

Ancestry of “-e”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanian-ë-ing, -ion
2Proto-West Germanic-jā—
3Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
4Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “-e”

  • kerté
  • mögé
  • kevésbé
  • legkevésbé
  • mögém
  • azé
  • mögénk
  • mögétek
  • mögéd
  • mögéjük
  • többé
  • többé-kevésbé
  • házé
  • mellé
  • mögéje
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →