Where does “negyvenkettő” come from?
negyvenkettő (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kettő, from Hungarian két, from Proto-Uralic käktä, from Proto-Uralic kakta — two.
negyvenkettő (Hungarian): forty-two
Ancestry of “negyvenkettő”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | kettő | two |
| 2 | Hungarian | két | two; doubt |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | käktä | Alternative form of *kakta |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | kakta | two |