Where does “főnyeremény” come from?

főnyeremény (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian nyeremény, from Hungarian -emény, from Hungarian -mény, from Hungarian -ény, from Hungarian -é-, from Hungarian -d, from Middle Welsh -nt — 3rd person plural verb ending.

főnyeremény (Hungarian): main prize, first prize

Definitions

  1. main prize, first prize

Ancestry of “főnyeremény”, step by step

főnyeremény traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian nyeremény

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariannyereményprize, winning money or objects gained by success in competition or contest, or in gambling
2Hungarian-eményAdded to a verb to form a noun indicating the...
3Hungarian-ményAdded to a verb to form a noun indicating the...
4Hungarian-ényAdded to a word to form a noun or less frequently...
5Hungarian-é-
6Hungarian-dyour; Used in the second-person singular definite...
7Middle Welsh-nt3rd person plural verb ending

via Hungarian

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianmain, principal, key, chief, cardinal, core, most...
2Hungarianfejhead; head, mind, brain, intellect; heads,...
3Proto-Uralicpäŋehead
Every word from Middle Welsh -ntEvery word from Hungarian -dEvery word from Hungarian -mény