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Where does “nyelj” come from?
nyelj (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian nyél, from Proto-Uralic ńäle- — to swallow.
Ancestry of “nyelj”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Hungarian
nyél
handle
2
Proto-Uralic
ńäle-
to swallow
Every word from Proto-Uralic ńäle- →
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