Where does “ugyanis” come from?
ugyanis (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian ugyan, from Hungarian -an, from Hungarian -á, from Proto-Uralic -i.
ugyanis (Hungarian): as, because
Ancestry of “ugyanis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | ugyan | I wonder…, oh and…; at all, by chance; for sure |
| 2 | Hungarian | -an | Added to an adjective to create an adverb; Added... |
| 3 | Hungarian | -á | Used to form the third-person singular indicative... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -i | — |