Where does “mielőtt” come from?

mielőtt (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian előtt, from Hungarian -tt, from Proto-Uralic -tt.

mielőtt (Hungarian): before

Definitions

  1. before

Ancestry of “mielőtt”, step by step

mielőtt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian előtt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianelőttin front of, ahead of, before; before, prior to
2Hungarian-tt-ed, -t. Used to form the past participle of a...
3Proto-Uralic-tt

via Hungarian mi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianmiwe; how …!, what …!; what?
2Uralic*mi
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ttEvery word from Hungarian -ttEvery word from Hungarian előtt