Re: Yeneseic and Na-Dene

Equivalent to German <von>.


Patrick

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>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