Where does “mindkettő” come from?
mindkettő (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kettő, from Hungarian két, from Proto-Uralic käktä, from Proto-Uralic kakta — two.
mindkettő (Hungarian): both
Ancestry of “mindkettő”, step by step
mindkettő traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian kettő
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | kettő | two |
| 2 | Hungarian | két | two; doubt |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | käktä | Alternative form of *kakta |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | kakta | two |
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 | — |
Words derived from “mindkettő”