Where does “modortalan” come from?
modortalan (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian modor, from Hungarian mód, from Latin modus, from Proto-Indo-European mēd-, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.
modortalan (Hungarian): ill-mannered
Ancestry of “modortalan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | modor | manners; manner, style; tone, language, tenor,... |
| 2 | Hungarian | mód | way; mood; resources, means |
| 3 | Latin | modus | measure; bound, limit; manner , way , method |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | mēd- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | med- | to measure; to give advice; healing |