Re: Yeneseic and Na-Dene

>Ligeti Lajos
>
>Although the surname seems a bit Italian to me

Hungarian <liget> /'li-gæt/ "grounds, grove, wood, woods;
parkland." A city park is also called <városi liget>.

"-i" is a place suffix. (If the bearer is an aristocrat,
officially acknowledged as such, then the suffix is spelled
"-y" in most cases.)

George