Yeniseian loanwords in Hungarian?
Some words in Hungarian appear similar to the Yeniseian languages, but since many of these don't appear in other Uralic languages, or have an unknown origin could there have been a Yeniseian language spoken in the carpathian mountains? Yes, the Hunnic language comes from Xiongnu, which many have theorized to have a Yeniseian majority. While it is pseudoscience to claim Hungarians as descendants of Huns, to say there have entered loanwords is possible. Examples of Yeniseian - Hungarian similar vocabulary. Hungarian át 'over, across' Ket əət 'above' Hungarian puha 'soft' and Arin 'puma' (-a in Hungarian is a suffix, and this word is thought to be an onomatopoeia) Hungarian buta 'stupid' and Ket buŋtet 'stupid' Hungarian beteg 'ill' and Ket ajbedeŋ 'get sick' Hungarian apa 'father' and Pumpokol ab 'father' Hungarian hús 'meat', Pumpokol 'hite' amd Ket 'iis'. Hungarian has 'belly...