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Where does “elemei” come from?

elemei (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian elem, from Hungarian -em, 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...

elemei (Hungarian): third-person singular multiple-possession...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular multiple-possession...

Ancestry of “elemei”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianelembattery; chemical element; element, component
2Hungarian-emUsed to form the first-person singular present...
3Hungarian-én—
4Hungarian-éUsed to form the lative, expressing the direction...
5Albanian-ë-ing, -ion
6Proto-West Germanic-jā—
7Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
8Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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