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Where does “legszemetesebb” come from?

legszemetesebb (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian szemetesebb, from Hungarian szemetes, from Hungarian szemét, from Hungarian -é, from Albanian -ë, from Proto-West Germanic -jā, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

legszemetesebb (Hungarian): superlative degree of szemetes

Definitions

  1. superlative degree of szemetes

Ancestry of “legszemetesebb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianszemetesebbcomparative degree of szemetes
2Hungarianszemetesrubbishy; garbage man, dustman; garbage can ,...
3Hungarianszemétsweepings, litter; garbage, rubbish, waste,...
4Hungarian-éUsed to form the lative, expressing the direction...
5Albanian-ë-ing, -ion
6Proto-West Germanic-jā—
7Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
8Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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