Where does “mélyszegénység” come from?
mélyszegénység (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian mély, from Hungarian mi, from Uralic *mi.
mélyszegénység (Hungarian): rock-bottom poverty, destitution an extreme state of poverty, in which a person is almost completely lacking in resources or means of support
Definitions
- rock-bottom poverty, destitution an extreme state of poverty, in which a person is almost completely lacking in resources or means of support
Ancestry of “mélyszegénység”, step by step
mélyszegénység traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian mély
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | mély | deep; the deep |
| 2 | Hungarian | mi | we; how …!, what …!; what? |
| 3 | Uralic | *mi | — |
via Hungarian szegénység
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | szegénység | poverty |
| 2 | Hungarian | -ség | -dom, -ness, -ity. Added to an adjective, noun or... |