Where does “dupla vagy semmi” come from?

dupla vagy semmi (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian semmi, from Hungarian mi, from Uralic *mi.

dupla vagy semmi (Hungarian): double or quits, double or nothing

Definitions

  1. double or quits, double or nothing

Ancestry of “dupla vagy semmi”, step by step

dupla vagy semmi traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian semmi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariansemminothing
2Hungarianmiwe; how …!, what …!; what?
3Uralic*mi—

via Hungarian dupla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariandupladouble, twofold, duplicate; two shots of espresso
2LatinduplaA form of bell used in medieval clocks;...

via Hungarian vágy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianvágydesire
2Proto-Uralicwajŋebreath
Every word from Uralic *mi →Every word from Hungarian mi →Every word from Hungarian semmi →
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