Where does “miközben” come from?
miközben (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian közben, from Hungarian köz, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *küti.
miközben (Hungarian): while, whilst
Ancestry of “miközben”, 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 | — |