Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *dědъ.[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

Prefix edit

déd-

  1. great-grand (indicates a family relationship to the third degree)
    anya (mother)nagyanya (grandmother)dédnagyanya (great-grandmother)

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ déd- in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
  2. ^ déd- in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN