Where does “mentőöv” come from?
mentőöv (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian mentő, from Hungarian ment, from Hungarian mén, from Hungarian megy, from Proto-Uralic mene- — to go.
mentőöv (Hungarian): life belt, lifebelt
Ancestry of “mentőöv”, step by step
mentőöv traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian mentő
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | mentő | present participle of ment; rescuing; ambulance |
| 2 | Hungarian | ment | to rescue, to save; third-person singular past of... |
| 3 | Hungarian | mén | stallion; archaic third-person singular... |
| 4 | Hungarian | megy | to go |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | mene- | to go |
via Hungarian öv
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | öv | belt |
| 2 | Proto-Uralic | uwa | stream |
Words derived from “mentőöv”