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Where does “pünkösdvasárnap” come from?

pünkösdvasárnap (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian pünkösd, from Latin pentecoste, from Ancient Greek πεντηκοστή, from Ancient Greek πεντηκοστός, from Ancient Greek πεντήκοντα, from Proto-Indo-European penkʷēḱomth₂, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷedḱomt.

pünkösdvasárnap (Hungarian): Whitsunday

Definitions

  1. Whitsunday

Ancestry of “pünkösdvasárnap”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HungarianpünkösdPentecost
2LatinpentecosteAlternative letter-case form of Pentēcostē
3Ancient GreekπεντηκοστήPentecost - From the feast called Shavuot, which...
4Ancient Greekπεντηκοστόςfiftieth
5Ancient Greekπεντήκονταfifty
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpenkʷēḱomth₂—
7Proto-Indo-European*pénkʷedḱomt—
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