Where does “mindeddig” come from?
mindeddig (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian mind, from Hungarian mi, from Uralic *mi.
mindeddig (Hungarian): hitherto, as yet, thus far, so far
Definitions
- hitherto, as yet, thus far, so far
Ancestry of “mindeddig”, step by step
mindeddig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian mind
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | mind | all of it, all of them, each of them; with... |
| 2 | Hungarian | mi | we; how …!, what …!; what? |
| 3 | Uralic | *mi | — |
via Hungarian eddig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | eddig | terminative singular of ez; so far, hitherto |
| 2 | Hungarian | ez | this |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | e- | this; not; the negative verb |