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Where does “börtönben ül” come from?

börtönben ül (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian börtön, from Hungarian börtönház — prison, the house of the prison guard.

börtönben ül (Hungarian): to serve time

Definitions

  1. to serve time

Ancestry of “börtönben ül”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianbörtönprison; confinement, imprisonment
2Hungarianbörtönházprison, the house of the prison guard
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