Where does “hányan” come from?

hányan (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian -an, from Hungarian -á, from Proto-Uralic -i.

hányan (Hungarian): how many people? how many of them?

Definitions

  1. how many people? how many of them?

Ancestry of “hányan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarian-anAdded to an adjective to create an adverb; Added...
2Hungarian-áUsed to form the third-person singular indicative...
3Proto-Uralic-i—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -i →Every word from Hungarian -á →Every word from Hungarian -an →