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Where does “-jen” come from?

-jen (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian -én, 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...

-jen (Hungarian): Used to form the third-person singular...

Definitions

  1. Used to form the third-person singular...

Ancestry of “-jen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarian-én—
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 “-jen”

  • nézzen
  • kelljen
  • lessen
  • lehessen
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