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Where does “környék” come from?

környék (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian -ék, 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...

környék (Hungarian): neighbourhood , neighborhood , vicinity,...

Definitions

  1. neighbourhood , neighborhood , vicinity,...

Ancestry of “környék”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarian-ékAdded to a verb to form a noun; “Heterogeneous...
2Hungarian-éUsed to form the lative, expressing the direction...
3Albanian-ë-ing, -ion
4Proto-West Germanic-jā—
5Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
6Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “környék”

  • környékbeli
  • környéki
  • környéke
  • környéken
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