Etymology Explorer › Hungarian

Where does “menedék” come from?

menedék (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian -edék, 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...

menedék (Hungarian): refuge, shelter, cover, asylum, resort, haven

Definitions

  1. refuge, shelter, cover, asylum, resort, haven

Ancestry of “menedék”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarian-edékAdded to a verb to form a noun to indicate the...
2Hungarian-ékAdded to a verb to form a noun; “Heterogeneous...
3Hungarian-éUsed to form the lative, expressing the direction...
4Albanian-ë-ing, -ion
5Proto-West Germanic-jā—
6Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
7Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →