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 UK, neighborhood US, vicinity, surrounding

Definitions

  1. neighbourhood UK, neighborhood US, vicinity, surrounding

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”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Hungarian -ék →Every word from Hungarian -é →