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Where does “kanálnyi” come from?

kanálnyi (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian -nyi, from Hungarian -re — onto, on. Used to form the sublative case.

kanálnyi (Hungarian): spoonful

Definitions

  1. spoonful

Ancestry of “kanálnyi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarian-nyi-ful, as much as. Added to a noun to form an...
2Hungarian-reonto, on. Used to form the sublative case
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