Where does “tenyérnyi” come from?

tenyérnyi (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian -nyi, from Hungarian -re — onto, on. Used to form the sublative case.

tenyérnyi (Hungarian): palmful, handbreadth of a size of a hand or palm

Definitions

  1. palmful, handbreadth of a size of a hand or palm

Ancestry of “tenyérnyi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarian-nyi-ful, as much as. Added to a noun to form an...
2Hungarian-reonto, on. Used to form the sublative case
Every word from Hungarian -re →Every word from Hungarian -nyi →