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Where does “-itek” come from?

-itek (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian -ték, 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...

-itek (Hungarian): your ... -s; Used to form the second-person...

Definitions

  1. your ... -s; Used to form the second-person...

Ancestry of “-itek”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarian-tékAdded to a verb to form a noun; Used to form the...
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 “-itek”

  • nézitek
  • kéritek
  • estéitek
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