Where does “mintenaș” come from?
mintenaș (Romanian) comes from Middle English minten, from Hungarian menten, from Hungarian mente, from Hungarian ment, from Hungarian mén, from Hungarian megy, from Proto-Uralic mene- — to go.
mintenaș (Romanian): fast
Definitions
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Ancestry of “mintenaș”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | minten | Alternative form of mynten |
| 2 | Hungarian | menten | at once, on the spot, immediately |
| 3 | Hungarian | mente | leaving from somewhere; going somewhere; the... |
| 4 | Hungarian | ment | to rescue, to save; third-person singular past of... |
| 5 | Hungarian | mén | stallion; archaic third-person singular... |
| 6 | Hungarian | megy | to go |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | mene- | to go |