Where does “semmire” come from?
semmire (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian semmi, from Hungarian mi, from Uralic *mi.
semmire (Hungarian): sublative singular of semmi
Definitions
- sublative singular of semmi
Ancestry of “semmire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | semmi | nothing |
| 2 | Hungarian | mi | we; how …!, what …!; what? |
| 3 | Uralic | *mi | — |