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Where does “iobag” come from?

iobag (Romanian) comes from Hungarian jobbágy, from Hungarian jobb, from Hungarian jó, from Proto-Ugric jomɜ.

iobag (Romanian): serf

Definitions

  1. serf

Ancestry of “iobag”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianjobbágyserf, villein
2Hungarianjobbcomparative degree of jó , better; right; right...
3Hungarianjógood; quite , fair , considerable, significant,...
4Proto-Ugricjomɜ—
Every word from Proto-Ugric jomɜ →