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Where does “menten” come from?

menten (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian mente, from Hungarian ment, from Hungarian mén, from Hungarian megy, from Proto-Uralic mene- — to go.

menten (Hungarian): at once, on the spot, immediately

Definitions

  1. at once, on the spot, immediately

Ancestry of “menten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianmenteleaving from somewhere; going somewhere; the...
2Hungarianmentto rescue, to save; third-person singular past of...
3Hungarianménstallion; archaic third-person singular...
4Hungarianmegyto go
5Proto-Uralicmene-to go
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