sőt

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sot"

Hungarian

Etymology

Originally recorded in 1372 with the form esmeg,[1] essentially a compound of is (“also”) +‎ meg (“and”).[2]

This esmeg evolved in spoken forms to lose the initial vowel, with the medial "e" undergoing labialization and lengthening to shift from /e/ to /øː/, the nasal consonant falling out, and the final /ɡ/ shifting to /t/.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃøːt]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: sőt
  • Rhymes: -øːt

Conjunction

sőt

  1. what's more, moreover, and even, indeed

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 sőt in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
  2. ^ sőt in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Further reading

  • sőt in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
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