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Where does “tönk” come from?

tönk (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian tő, from Hungarian -ék, from Hungarian -é, from Albanian -ë, from Proto-West Germanic -jā, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

tönk (Hungarian): stump, treestump; chopping stump; stipe, stalk,...

Definitions

  1. stump, treestump; chopping stump; stipe, stalk,...

Ancestry of “tönk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariantőstem , foot, stump; stem; root
2Hungarian-ékAdded to a verb to form a noun; “Heterogeneous...
3Hungarian-éUsed to form the lative, expressing the direction...
4Albanian-ë-ing, -ion
5Proto-West Germanic-jā—
6Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
7Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “tönk”

  • tönkre
  • tönkök
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