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
- double or quits, double or nothing
Ancestry of “dupla vagy semmi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | semmi | nothing |
| 2 | Hungarian | mi | we; how …!, what …!; what? |
| 3 | Uralic | *mi | — |