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Where does “vízilabda” come from?

vízilabda (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian vízi, from Hungarian -i, 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...

vízilabda (Hungarian): water polo

Definitions

  1. water polo

Ancestry of “vízilabda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianvíziwater-, of the water, aquatic
2Hungarian-iAdded to a proper noun, noun or postposition to...
3Hungarian-éUsed to form the lative, expressing the direction...
4Albanian-ë-ing, -ion
5Proto-West Germanic-jā—
6Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
7Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “vízilabda”

  • vízilabdázik
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