Where does “vámmentes” come from?
vámmentes (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian mentés, from Hungarian mente, from Hungarian ment, from Hungarian mén, from Hungarian megy, from Proto-Uralic mene- — to go.
vámmentes (Hungarian): duty-free exempt from duty, especially from customs duty
Definitions
- duty-free exempt from duty, especially from customs duty
Ancestry of “vámmentes”, step by step
vámmentes traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian mentés
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | mentés | rescue; saving |
| 2 | Hungarian | mente | leaving from somewhere; going somewhere; the... |
| 3 | Hungarian | ment | to rescue, to save; third-person singular past of... |
| 4 | Hungarian | mén | stallion; archaic third-person singular... |
| 5 | Hungarian | megy | to go |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | mene- | to go |
via Hungarian vám
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | vám | customs |