Where does “lényegbe” come from?
lényegbe (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian lényeg, from Hungarian -ég, from Hungarian -é-, from Hungarian -d, from Middle Welsh -nt — 3rd person plural verb ending.
Ancestry of “lényegbe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | lényeg | essence, substance; point |
| 2 | Hungarian | -ég | Added to a stem - often an onomatopoeia - to form a verb expressing a (quickly) repeating or continuous action |
| 3 | Hungarian | -é- | — |
| 4 | Hungarian | -d | your; Used in the second-person singular definite... |
| 5 | Middle Welsh | -nt | 3rd person plural verb ending |