Where does “kisebb-nagyobb” come from?
kisebb-nagyobb (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian nagyobb, from Hungarian -obb, from Hungarian -ö-, from Hungarian -d, from Middle Welsh -nt — 3rd person plural verb ending.
kisebb-nagyobb (Hungarian): greater and smaller, of all sorts and sizes; of...
Definitions
- greater and smaller, of all sorts and sizes; of...
Ancestry of “kisebb-nagyobb”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | nagyobb | comparative degree of nagy; greater |
| 2 | Hungarian | -obb | -er, more |
| 3 | Hungarian | -ö- | linking vowel |
| 4 | Hungarian | -d | your; Used in the second-person singular definite... |
| 5 | Middle Welsh | -nt | 3rd person plural verb ending |