Where does “előbb-utóbb” come from?
előbb-utóbb (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian utóbb, from Hungarian utol, from Hungarian -l, from Proto-Uralic -l.
előbb-utóbb (Hungarian): sooner or later
Ancestry of “előbb-utóbb”, step by step
előbb-utóbb traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian utóbb
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | utóbb | later; ultimately, in the end |
| 2 | Hungarian | utol | the end of something |
| 3 | Hungarian | -l | Appended to a noun, an adjective or less... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -l | — |
via Hungarian előbb
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | előbb | before, sooner, earlier, prior |
| 2 | Hungarian | elő- | in front of, to the front, forward (in space) or before, in advance (in time) |
| 3 | Hungarian | elő | fore, forepart |