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Where does “hétvége” come from?

hétvége (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian vége, 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...

hétvége (Hungarian): weekend

Definitions

  1. weekend

Ancestry of “hétvége”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianvégethird-person singular single-possession...
2Hungarian-éUsed to form the lative, expressing the direction...
3Albanian-ë-ing, -ion
4Proto-West Germanic-jā—
5Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
6Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “hétvége”

  • hétvégi
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