as it were
köken: Literally, “as it were”.
sort of, kind of · like (as a filler)
köken: From Old Swedish lika som. By surface analysis, lika + som.
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as it were, somewhat, in a way
eş: w pewnym sensie, jakby, poniekąd, na swój sposób, jak gdyby, jak
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Balto-Slavic *ne Proto-Slavic *ne Old Polish nie Old Polish nie- Polish nie- Proto-Indo-European *ís Proto-Balto-Slavic *is Proto-Slavic *jь Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kas Proto-Slavic *-kъ Proto-Slavic *jakъ Old Polish jaki Polish jaki Polish niejaki Proto-Slavic *-o Old Polish -o Polish -o Polish niejako From niejaki + -o.
as if, as though
eş: jakby
köken: Shortened form of jako kdyby.
so to speak, like, as if, almost, about
köken: From Latin quasi (“as if”), from qua (“as”) + si (“if”).
so to speak
köken: Similar to Norwegian Bokmål så å si, Norwegian Nynorsk så å seia and Swedish så att säga
like · as if
köken: Related to lýgus (“flat, even, equal”); see there for more.
as it were
köken: From the English contraction as't.
as it were
köken: From Hebrew כִּבְיָכוֹל (kiv'yakhól).