Where does “mindvégig” come from?
mindvégig (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian mind, from Hungarian mi, from Uralic *mi.
mindvégig (Hungarian): all along, for the entire time
Definitions
- all along, for the entire time
Ancestry of “mindvégig”, step by step
mindvégig 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 végig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | végig | all the way, to the last, all along, through;... |
| 2 | Hungarian | vég | end; bolt |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | wiŋe | — |