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Where does “végtelenség” come from?

végtelenség (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian végtelen, from Hungarian -telen, from Hungarian tele, 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...

végtelenség (Hungarian): infinity

Definitions

  1. infinity

Ancestry of “végtelenség”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianvégtelenunlimited , endless, without end, infinite
2Hungarian-telen-less, un-, dis-. A privative suffix added to a...
3Hungariantelefull; telephoto lens; third-person singular...
4Hungarian-éUsed to form the lative, expressing the direction...
5Albanian-ë-ing, -ion
6Proto-West Germanic-jā—
7Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
8Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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