Where does “lelkes” come from?
lelkes (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian lélek, from Hungarian -ék, 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...
lelkes (Hungarian): enthusiastic, ardent; of …… inhabitants, with a...
Definitions
- enthusiastic, ardent; of …… inhabitants, with a...
Ancestry of “lelkes”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | lélek | soul; sound post |
| 2 | Hungarian | -ék | Added to a verb to form a noun; “Heterogeneous... |
| 3 | Hungarian | -é | Used to form the lative, expressing the direction... |
| 4 | Albanian | -ë | -ing, -ion |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -jā | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |