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"though the word "Magyar" possibly comes from the name of the most prominent Hungarian tribe, called Megyer. The tribal name "Megyer" became "Magyar" referring to the Hungarian people as a whole
Between the 8th and 5th centuries BC, the Magyars embarked upon their independent existence and the early period of the proto-Hungarian language began.[7]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magyar_tribes
According to science and academy, magyars existed as ethnicity long befor Etelköz.
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