Re:Pfizer is testing a pill that, if successful, could cure ...
by kingofpandora on Monday April 26, 2021 @10:34PM
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Hungarian isn't Slavic.
Re:Pfizer is testing a pill that, if successful, could cure ...
by petre on Monday April 26, 2021 @11:30PM
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The word is probably borrowed into Hungarian from Slavic. We have a similar word in our language as well, but it's used as someone who doesn't understand. Also used interchangeably with Turk.
Re:Pfizer is testing a pill that, if successful, could cure ...
by anticensor on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @03:38AM
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Do you mean Barbar?
Re:Pfizer is testing a pill that, if successful, could cure ...
by petre on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @06:33AM
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No, it's very similar to nemec, basically the same thing also borrowed from Slavic. The "c" ending is pronounced as "ts". The full phrase goes like: "Why don't you understand, are you German/Turk?" (as in not understanding the language). There's also a place, a citadel and river with that name, which your ancestors might have been familiar with:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Neam%C8%9B_Citadel
Barbar means what it means in Greek, because that's where it's borrowed from.
In Hungarian, német means "German" (the word has Slavic origin, literally meaning "he does not speak", since German is not a Slavic language)