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Where does “farkas” come from?

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

farkas (Hungarian): wolf

Definitions

  1. wolf

Ancestry of “farkas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianfaroktail; penis; nominative plural of far
2Hungarian-ök-s, -es; Used to form the first-person singular...
3Hungarian-k-s, -es; Denotes the first-person singular...
4Hungarian-ö-linking vowel
5Hungarian-dyour; Used in the second-person singular definite...
6Middle Welsh-nt3rd person plural verb ending

Words derived from “farkas”

  • farkaséhes
  • farkaséhség
  • farkaskölyök
  • farkaskölykök
  • farkasok
  • prérifarkas
  • farkasember
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