Where does “mântui” come from?

mântui (Romanian) comes from Hungarian ment, from Hungarian mén, from Hungarian megy, from Proto-Uralic mene- — to go.

mântui (Romanian): to free, liberate; to save; to redeem

Definitions

  1. to free, liberate; to save; to redeem

Ancestry of “mântui”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianmentto rescue, to save; third-person singular past of...
2Hungarianménstallion; archaic third-person singular...
3Hungarianmegyto go
4Proto-Uralicmene-to go

Words derived from “mântui

Every word from Proto-Uralic mene-Every word from Hungarian megyEvery word from Hungarian mén
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