Where does “zsenim” come from?
zsenim (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian zseni, from German Genie, from French génie, from Latin genius, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
zsenim (Hungarian): first-person singular single-possession...
Definitions
- first-person singular single-possession...
Ancestry of “zsenim”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | zseni | genius |
| 2 | German | Genie | genius; military engineers |
| 3 | French | génie | genie; genius |
| 4 | Latin | genius | the deity or guardian spirit of a person, place,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |