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Where does “zwischenzeitlich” come from?

zwischenzeitlich (German) comes from German Zwischenzeit, from German zwischen, from Old High German [[in]] [[zuiskēn]], from Old High German zuiski, from Old High German zwēne, from Proto-West Germanic twai-, from Proto-Germanic twai, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.

zwischenzeitlich (German): interim; meanwhile, in the meantime

Definitions

  1. interim; meanwhile, in the meantime

Ancestry of “zwischenzeitlich”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZwischenzeitmeantime, interim , intervening period, ...
2Germanzwischenbetween; among, amongst
3Old High German[[in]] [[zuiskēn]]—
4Old High Germanzuiskitwofold
5Old High Germanzwēnetwo
6Proto-West Germanictwai-two
7Proto-Germanictwaitwo
8Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two
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