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Where does “pótmama” come from?

pótmama (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian mama, from Hungarian ma, from Hungarian -st, from Hungarian -t, from Proto-Uralic -tt.

pótmama (Hungarian): babysitter

Definitions

  1. babysitter

Ancestry of “pótmama”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianmamamom, mum; grandmom
2Hungarianmatoday; this …… , to-……
3Hungarian-st—
4Hungarian-tUsed to form the accusative case; -ed, -t. Used...
5Proto-Uralic-tt—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -tt →