Where does “mentőcsónak” come from?
mentőcsónak (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian mentő, from Hungarian ment, from Hungarian mén, from Hungarian megy, from Proto-Uralic mene- — to go.
mentőcsónak (Hungarian): lifeboat
Ancestry of “mentőcsónak”, step by step
mentőcsónak 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 csónak
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | csónak | boat |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | čьlnъ | small boat |
Words derived from “mentőcsónak”