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Where does “zokogás” come from?

zokogás (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian zokog, from Hungarian -ög, from Hungarian -ö-, from Hungarian -d, from Middle Welsh -nt — 3rd person plural verb ending.

zokogás (Hungarian): sob, sobbing

Definitions

  1. sob, sobbing

Ancestry of “zokogás”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianzokogto sob; to say something while sobbing
2Hungarian-ögAdded to a stem - often an onomatopoeia - to form...
3Hungarian-ö-linking vowel
4Hungarian-dyour; Used in the second-person singular definite...
5Middle Welsh-nt3rd person plural verb ending
Every word from Middle Welsh -nt →