Where does “nem tudom” come from?

nem tudom (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian nem, from Proto-Finno-Ugric ne — no, not.

nem tudom (Hungarian): I don't know

Definitions

  1. I don't know

Ancestry of “nem tudom”, step by step

nem tudom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian nem

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariannemno, not; no; sex, gender
2Proto-Finno-Ugricneno, not

via Hungarian tud

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariantudto know; can, to be able, know how to
2Proto-Uralictumte-to know
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric ne →Every word from Hungarian nem →
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