Where does “csont és bőr” come from?
csont és bőr (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian és, from Hungarian e, from Proto-Uralic e- — this; not; the negative verb.
csont és bőr (Hungarian): skin and bones
Ancestry of “csont és bőr”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | és | and |
| 2 | Hungarian | e | this; look!, hey! |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | e- | this; not; the negative verb |