Where does “Далай нуур” come from?
Далай нуур (Mongolian) comes from Mongolian далай, from Hungarian dalai, from Hungarian -ai, from Hungarian -i, from Hungarian -é, from Albanian -ë, from Proto-West Germanic -jā, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Ancestry of “Далай нуур”, step by step
Далай нуур traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Mongolian далай
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mongolian | далай | ocean, sea; brine, deep; dereliction |
| 2 | Hungarian | dalai | third-person singular multiple-possession... |
| 3 | Hungarian | -ai | possessive suffix for multiple possessions |
| 4 | Hungarian | -i | Added to a proper noun, noun or postposition to... |
| 5 | Hungarian | -é | Used to form the lative, expressing the direction... |
| 6 | Albanian | -ë | -ing, -ion |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -jā | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |