Where does “különben” come from?
különben (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian különb, from Hungarian külön, from Hungarian kívül, from Hungarian ki, from Proto-Uralic ke — who.
különben (Hungarian): otherwise; after all, anyway
Definitions
- otherwise; after all, anyway
Ancestry of “különben”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | különb | better, better than, superior to |
| 2 | Hungarian | külön | separate; separately, apart; specifically,... |
| 3 | Hungarian | kívül | outside, outdoors; outside of something; apart... |
| 4 | Hungarian | ki | out; who |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | ke | who |