Where does “mokány” come from?
mokány (Hungarian) comes from Romanian mocan, from Czech -an, from Old Czech -ěnín, from Proto-Slavic -janinъ, from Proto-Slavic -inъ, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.
mokány (Hungarian): sturdy; plucky, spunky
Ancestry of “mokány”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | mocan | Transylvanian mountain shepherd, boor, cad, churl |
| 2 | Czech | -an | Forms nouns, including inhabitant names |
| 3 | Old Czech | -ěnín | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -janinъ | Creates male dweller terms from toponyms or place... |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -inъ | -ine; Creates singulatives, mostly with... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |