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Where does “Erdélyben” come from?

Erdélyben (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian Erdély, from Hungarian erdő, from Hungarian eredő, from Hungarian ered, from Hungarian -ed, from Hungarian -é-, from Hungarian -d, from Middle Welsh -nt — 3rd person plural verb ending.

Ancestry of “Erdélyben”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HungarianErdély—
2Hungarianerdőforest; forest, mass, sea, wealth
3Hungarianeredőpresent participle of ered: resulting, arising,...
4Hungarianeredto originate, to come from, to derive from; to...
5Hungarian-edyour; Used to form the definite second-person...
6Hungarian-é-—
7Hungarian-dyour; Used in the second-person singular definite...
8Middle Welsh-nt3rd person plural verb ending
Every word from Middle Welsh -nt →