Where does “so-” come from?
so- (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian soha, from Hungarian há, from Hungarian hogy, from Proto-Uralic kuńćɜ, from Proto-Uralic ku- — who; where.
Ancestry of “so-”, step by step
so- traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian soha
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | soha | never |
| 2 | Hungarian | há | The name of the Latin-script letter H |
| 3 | Hungarian | hogy | how?; that; if, whether |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | kuńćɜ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | ku- | who; where |
via Hungarian se
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | se | Alternative form of sem; not even; no |