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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

Definitions

  1. life belt, lifebelt

Ancestry of “mentőöv”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianmentőpresent participle of ment; rescuing; ambulance
2Hungarianmentto rescue, to save; third-person singular past of...
3Hungarianménstallion; archaic third-person singular...
4Hungarianmegyto go
5Proto-Uralicmene-to go

Words derived from “mentőöv”

  • mentőövek
Every word from Proto-Uralic mene- →