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Where does “Wengriýa” come from?

Wengriýa (Turkmen) comes from Russian Ве́нгрия, from Russian венгр, from Polish Węgier, from Proto-Slavic ǫgъrinъ — Hungarian.

Ancestry of “Wengriýa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianВе́нгрия—
2RussianвенгрHungarian
3PolishWęgierHungarian
4Proto-SlavicǫgъrinъHungarian
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