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Where does “jólét” come from?

jólét (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian lét, from Hungarian van, from Hungarian kedve, 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...

jólét (Hungarian): wealth, well-being, prosperity, affluence,...

Definitions

  1. wealth, well-being, prosperity, affluence,...

Ancestry of “jólét”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianlétexistence; accusative singular of lé
2Hungarianvanto be, to exist; to have; someone has something;...
3Hungariankedvethird-person singular single-possession...
4Hungarian-éUsed to form the lative, expressing the direction...
5Albanian-ë-ing, -ion
6Proto-West Germanic-jā—
7Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
8Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “jólét”

  • jóléti
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