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Hungarian
Etymology
Lexicalization of ön (“(one)self”) + -ként, originally a compound;[1] compare also kény.
Pronunciation
Adverb
önként (not comparable)
- voluntarily, willingly
- spontaneously, naturally
Derived terms
References
- ^ önként in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.
Further reading
- önként in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN