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Where does “fóka” come from?

fóka (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian fők, from Hungarian -k, from Hungarian -ö-, from Hungarian -d, from Middle Welsh -nt — 3rd person plural verb ending.

fóka (Hungarian): seal

Definitions

  1. seal

Ancestry of “fóka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianfőknominative plural of fő
2Hungarian-k-s, -es; Denotes the first-person singular...
3Hungarian-ö-linking vowel
4Hungarian-dyour; Used in the second-person singular definite...
5Middle Welsh-nt3rd person plural verb ending

Words derived from “fóka”

  • elefántfókák
  • oroszlánfóka
  • elefántfóka
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