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Where does “lelkileg” come from?

lelkileg (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian lelki, 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...

lelkileg (Hungarian): spiritually, mentally, psychologically

Definitions

  1. spiritually, mentally, psychologically

Ancestry of “lelkileg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianlelkispiritual
2Hungarianléleksoul; sound post
3Hungarian-ékAdded to a verb to form a noun; “Heterogeneous...
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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