ondertussen (Dutch) comes from Dutch onder, from Middle Dutch onder, from Old Dutch under, from Old Saxon undar, from Proto-Germanic under, from Proto-Indo-European h₁entér, from Proto-Indo-European h₁en — in; in, inside.
ondertussen (Dutch): meanwhile, in the meantime
Definitions
meanwhile, in the meantime
Ancestry of “ondertussen”, step by step
ondertussen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.