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Where does “-tem” come from?

-tem (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian -em, 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...

-tem (Hungarian): Used to form the first-person singular past tense...

Definitions

  1. Used to form the first-person singular past tense...

Ancestry of “-tem”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarian-emUsed to form the first-person singular present...
2Hungarian-én—
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 “-tem”

  • elkezdtem
  • születtem
  • fizettem
  • tévedtem
  • terveztem
  • szereztem
  • eltévedtem
  • kerestem
  • nevettem
  • elképzeltem
  • kértem
  • éreztem
  • kezdtem
  • szerettem
  • néztem
  • felébredtem
  • ültem
  • lehettem
  • térdeltem
  • léptem
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