Where does “agglegény” come from?

agglegény (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian agg, from Proto-Uralic soŋkɜ — old.

agglegény (Hungarian): bachelor

Definitions

  1. bachelor

Ancestry of “agglegény”, step by step

agglegény traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian agg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianaggvery old, aged; old man; to shrivel, shrink,...
2Proto-Uralicsoŋkɜold

via Hungarian legény

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianlegényyoung man, lad, bachelor

Words derived from “agglegény”

Every word from Proto-Uralic soŋkɜ →Every word from Hungarian agg →