Where does “mentség” come from?
mentség (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian ment, from Hungarian mén, from Hungarian megy, from Proto-Uralic mene- — to go.
mentség (Hungarian): plea, excuse, justification
Definitions
- plea, excuse, justification
Ancestry of “mentség”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | ment | to rescue, to save; third-person singular past of... |
| 2 | Hungarian | mén | stallion; archaic third-person singular... |
| 3 | Hungarian | megy | to go |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | mene- | to go |