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Where does “miért” come from?

miért (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian -ért, from Hungarian ért, from Hungarian -t, from Proto-Uralic -tt.

miért (Hungarian): causal-final singular of mi; why

Definitions

  1. causal-final singular of mi; why

Ancestry of “miért”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarian-értfor. Used to form the causal-final case
2Hungarianértto understand; to mean, construe; be familiar...
3Hungarian-tUsed to form the accusative case; -ed, -t. Used...
4Proto-Uralic-tt—

Words derived from “miért”

  • mert
  • merthogy
  • meret
Every word from Proto-Uralic -tt →