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Where does “egyén” come from?

egyén (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...

egyén (Hungarian): individual, person

Definitions

  1. individual, person

Ancestry of “egyén”, 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 “egyén”

  • egyének
  • egyéni
  • egyéniség
  • egyénileg
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