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Where does “horgony” come from?

horgony (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian hörög, from Hungarian -ög, from Hungarian -ö-, from Hungarian -d, from Middle Welsh -nt — 3rd person plural verb ending.

horgony (Hungarian): anchor

Definitions

  1. anchor

Ancestry of “horgony”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianhörögto grunt, rattle; to say something in a low,...
2Hungarian-ögAdded to a stem - often an onomatopoeia - to form...
3Hungarian-ö-linking vowel
4Hungarian-dyour; Used in the second-person singular definite...
5Middle Welsh-nt3rd person plural verb ending

Words derived from “horgony”

  • horgonyok
Every word from Middle Welsh -nt →