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Where does “hercegnői” come from?

hercegnői (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian hercegnő, from Hungarian herceg, from German herzog, from Middle High German herzog, from Old High German herizogo, from Proto-West Germanic harjatogō, from Proto-West Germanic hari, from Proto-Germanic harjaz — army.

hercegnői (Hungarian): princess; third-person singular...

Definitions

  1. princess; third-person singular...

Ancestry of “hercegnői”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianhercegnőprincess
2Hungarianhercegprince; duke
3Germanherzog—
4Middle High Germanherzog—
5Old High Germanherizogoduke
6Proto-West Germanicharjatogōarmy leader, commander, general
7Proto-West Germanichariarmy
8Proto-Germanicharjazarmy; army leader; commander; warrior
9Proto-Indo-Europeankóryoswar; troops; army; war, troops
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
11Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
12Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army
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