Where does “jelleg” come from?
jelleg (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian -ég, from Hungarian -é-, from Hungarian -d, from Middle Welsh -nt — 3rd person plural verb ending.
jelleg (Hungarian): quality, nature, characteristic, property
Definitions
- quality, nature, characteristic, property
Ancestry of “jelleg”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | -ég | Added to a stem - often an onomatopoeia - to form a verb expressing a (quickly) repeating or continuous action |
| 2 | Hungarian | -é- | — |
| 3 | Hungarian | -d | your; Used in the second-person singular definite... |
| 4 | Middle Welsh | -nt | 3rd person plural verb ending |
Words derived from “jelleg”