Where does “eközben” come from?

eközben (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian közben, from Hungarian köz, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *küti.

eközben (Hungarian): meanwhile

Definitions

  1. meanwhile

Ancestry of “eközben”, step by step

eközben traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian közben

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianközbenduring
2Hungarianköz"a gap in space or time between two other parts";...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*küti—

via Hungarian ez

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianezthis
2Proto-Uralice-this; not; the negative verb
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *küti →Every word from Hungarian köz →Every word from Hungarian közben →