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Where does “-jék” come from?

-jék (Hungarian) comes 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...

-jék (Hungarian): Used to form the third-person plural subjunctive...

Definitions

  1. Used to form the third-person plural subjunctive...

Ancestry of “-jék”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarian-ékAdded to a verb to form a noun; “Heterogeneous...
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 “-jék”

  • mérgezzék
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