Where does “tőkehalak” come from?

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

tőkehalak (Hungarian): nominative plural of tőkehal

Definitions

  1. nominative plural of tőkehal

Ancestry of “tőkehalak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariantőkehalcod
2Hungariantőkestump; stock; rhizome
3Hungarianstem (plant), foot, stump (tree)
4Hungarian-ékAdded to a verb to form a noun; “Heterogeneous...
5HungarianUsed to form the lative, expressing the direction...
6Albanian-ing, -ion
7Proto-West Germanic-jā
8Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
9Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂Every word from Hungarian -ékEvery word from Hungarian
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