Where does “mélység” come from?
mélység (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian mély, from Hungarian mi, from Uralic *mi.
mélység (Hungarian): depth, deepness, profundity; precipice, abyss
Definitions
- depth, deepness, profundity; precipice, abyss
Ancestry of “mélység”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | mély | deep; the deep |
| 2 | Hungarian | mi | we; how …!, what …!; what? |
| 3 | Uralic | *mi | — |