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Where does “mostohaapa” come from?

mostohaapa (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian mostoha, from Bulgarian ма́щеха, from Proto-Slavic maťexa.

mostohaapa (Hungarian): stepfather

Definitions

  1. stepfather

Ancestry of “mostohaapa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianmostohastep-; hostile, harsh, cruel, adverse , hard ,...
2Bulgarianма́щехаstepmother
3Proto-Slavicmaťexa—

Words derived from “mostohaapa”

  • mostohaapák
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