Where does “miközben” come from?

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

miközben (Hungarian): while, whilst

Definitions

  1. while, whilst

Ancestry of “miközben”, step by step

miközben 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 mi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianmiwe; how …!, what …!; what?
2Uralic*mi—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *küti →Every word from Hungarian köz →Every word from Hungarian közben →