Where does “ment” come from?
ment (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian mén, from Hungarian megy, from Proto-Uralic mene- — to go.
ment (Hungarian): to rescue, to save; third-person singular past of...
Definitions
- to rescue, to save; third-person singular past of...
Ancestry of “ment”, step by step
ment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian mén
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | mén | stallion; archaic third-person singular... |
| 2 | Hungarian | megy | to go |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | mene- | to go |
via Hungarian menik
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | menik | to flee |