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Where does “tenni” come from?

tenni (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian tesz, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

tenni (Hungarian): infinitive of tesz

Definitions

  1. infinitive of tesz

Ancestry of “tenni”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianteszto do; to place, to put; to make
2Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “tenni”

  • tennivaló
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →