Where does “mintsem” come from?
mintsem (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian mint, from Hungarian -t, from Proto-Uralic -tt.
mintsem (Hungarian): than
Definitions
- than
Ancestry of “mintsem”, step by step
mintsem traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian mint
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | mint | than; as …… as; like |
| 2 | Hungarian | -t | Used to form the accusative case; -ed, -t. Used... |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | -tt | — |
via Hungarian sem
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | sem | …, neither; not even; neither… nor… |