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Where does “idegesség” come from?

idegesség (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian ideges, from Hungarian ideg, from Proto-Uralic jänte — string.

idegesség (Hungarian): nervousness

Definitions

  1. nervousness

Ancestry of “idegesség”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianidegesnervous, worried; annoyed, tense
2Hungarianidegnerve; bowstring; string of lute
3Proto-Uralicjäntestring

Words derived from “idegesség”

  • idegességek
Every word from Proto-Uralic jänte →