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Where does “egni” come from?
egni (Latin) comes from Hungarian ég, from Proto-Finno-Ugric äŋɜ- — fire; to burn.
Ancestry of “egni”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Hungarian
ég
sky; heaven; heaven as a replacement for God
2
Proto-Finno-Ugric
äŋɜ-
fire; to burn
Words derived from “egni”
ignis
egnïol
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric äŋɜ- →