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

  1. plea, excuse, justification

Ancestry of “mentség”, step by step

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

Words derived from “mentség”

Every word from Proto-Uralic mene- →Every word from Hungarian megy →Every word from Hungarian mén →