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Where does “-elék” come from?

-elék (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian -lék, 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...

-elék (Hungarian): Added to a verb or other parts of speech to form...

Definitions

  1. Added to a verb or other parts of speech to form...

Ancestry of “-elék”, step by step

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

Words derived from “-elék”

  • törmelék
  • ágyútöltelékek
  • törmelékek
  • függelék
  • főzelék
  • töltelék
  • főzelékek
  • ezrelék
  • ágyútöltelék
  • függelékek
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →