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Where does “legfőbb” come from?

legfőbb (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian főbb, from Hungarian fő, from Hungarian fej, from Proto-Uralic päŋe — head.

legfőbb (Hungarian): superlative degree of fő

Definitions

  1. superlative degree of fő

Ancestry of “legfőbb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianfőbbcomparative degree of fő
2Hungarianfőmain, principal, key, chief, cardinal, core, most...
3Hungarianfejhead; head, mind, brain, intellect; heads,...
4Proto-Uralicpäŋehead
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