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Where does “közelebb” come from?

közelebb (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian -ebb, from Hungarian -é-, from Hungarian -d, from Middle Welsh -nt — 3rd person plural verb ending.

közelebb (Hungarian): comparative degree of közel

Definitions

  1. comparative degree of közel

Ancestry of “közelebb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarian-ebb-er, more
2Hungarian-é-—
3Hungarian-dyour; Used in the second-person singular definite...
4Middle Welsh-nt3rd person plural verb ending

Words derived from “közelebb”

  • legközelebb
  • legközelebbi
  • közelebbi
Every word from Middle Welsh -nt →