Where does “eközben” come from?
eközben (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian közben, from Hungarian köz, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *küti.
eközben (Hungarian): meanwhile
Ancestry of “eközben”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | közben | during |
| 2 | Hungarian | köz | "a gap in space or time between two other parts";... |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *küti | — |