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Where does “egyéniség” come from?

egyéniség (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian egyéni, from Hungarian egyén, from Hungarian egy, from Hungarian -én, from Hungarian -é, from Albanian -ë, from Proto-West Germanic -jā, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

egyéniség (Hungarian): personality

Definitions

  1. personality

Ancestry of “egyéniség”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianegyénicustom; individual
2Hungarianegyénindividual, person
3Hungarianegyone; a, an; same
4Hungarian-én—
5Hungarian-éUsed to form the lative, expressing the direction...
6Albanian-ë-ing, -ion
7Proto-West Germanic-jā—
8Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
9Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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