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Where does “oroszlánfóka” come from?

oroszlánfóka (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian fóka, from Hungarian fők, from Hungarian -k, from Hungarian -ö-, from Hungarian -d, from Middle Welsh -nt — 3rd person plural verb ending.

oroszlánfóka (Hungarian): sea lion

Definitions

  1. sea lion

Ancestry of “oroszlánfóka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianfókaseal
2Hungarianfőknominative plural of fő
3Hungarian-k-s, -es; Denotes the first-person singular...
4Hungarian-ö-linking vowel
5Hungarian-dyour; Used in the second-person singular definite...
6Middle Welsh-nt3rd person plural verb ending
Every word from Middle Welsh -nt →