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Where does “egyéb” come from?

egyéb (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian egy, 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...

egyéb (Hungarian): other, else

Definitions

  1. other, else

Ancestry of “egyéb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianegyone; a, an; same
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 “egyéb”

  • egyebek
  • egyébként
  • egyebet
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