Where does “hanem” come from?

hanem (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian há, from Hungarian hogy, from Proto-Uralic kuńćɜ, from Proto-Uralic ku- — who; where.

hanem (Hungarian): but (instead); the preceding clause contains a negative statement and the following clause contains the correction needed to make it positive. See the example

Definitions

  1. but (instead); the preceding clause contains a negative statement and the following clause contains the correction needed to make it positive. See the example

Ancestry of “hanem”, step by step

hanem traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HungarianThe name of the Latin-script letter H
2Hungarianhogyhow?; that; if, whether
3Proto-Uralickuńćɜ
4Proto-Uralicku-who; where

via Hungarian nem

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariannemno, not; no; sex, gender
2Proto-Finno-Ugricneno, not
Every word from Proto-Uralic ku-Every word from Proto-Uralic kuńćɜEvery word from Hungarian hogy
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