Where does “kettős mérce” come from?

kettős mérce (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kettős, from Hungarian kettő, from Hungarian két, from Proto-Uralic käktä, from Proto-Uralic kakta — two.

kettős mérce (Hungarian): double standard

Definitions

  1. double standard

Ancestry of “kettős mérce”, step by step

kettős mérce traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian kettős

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankettősdouble, dual; dual; duet, duo
2Hungariankettőtwo
3Hungariankéttwo; doubt
4Proto-UralickäktäAlternative form of *kakta
5Proto-Uralickaktatwo

via Hungarian mérce

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianmércemeasure, scale, gauge; standard, yardstick,...
Every word from Proto-Uralic kaktaEvery word from Proto-Uralic käktäEvery word from Hungarian két