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Where does “-niuk” come from?

-niuk (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian -ük, from Proto-Germanic -ukaz — Forms diminutive nouns.

-niuk (Hungarian): Used to form the third-person plural of a...

Definitions

  1. Used to form the third-person plural of a...

Ancestry of “-niuk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarian-üktheir
2Proto-Germanic-ukazForms diminutive nouns

Words derived from “-niuk”

  • küldeniük
  • -eniük
  • nevetniük
  • kelleniük
Every word from Proto-Germanic -ukaz →