I mean; actually (introduces the correction of a mistake in one’s own remark) · by the way (introduces a remark of lesser relevance) · furthermore; what's more (introduces a further remark)
but (contrastive conjunction) · not only … but also
eş: lecz, pomimo, mimo to, jednak, lecz, tylko
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)ōd Proto-Balto-Slavic *ō Proto-Slavic *a Proto-Slavic *le univ. Proto-Slavic *ale Old Polish ale Polish ale Inherited from Old Polish ale. By surface analysis, univerbation of a + le. For the particle use, compare Hungarian de.
but (introducing a clause contrary to prior belief or in contrast with the preceding clause or sentence)
köken: From muu (“other”), either based on: * the partitive singular form (muuta: “something else”; the -uu- would have first been shortened and the final vowel elided, thus mut(t) with reanalysis as mutta, perhaps via a development like ei juokse, muuta [kuin] kävelee (literally “isn't running, [not] other than walking”) > ei juokse, mutta kävelee (literally “isn't running but walking”)), * the…
Near-synonym: vaan
Olisin halunnut lähteä heidän mukaansa, mutta en ehtinyt.
köken: From Proto-Indo-European *swét / *swéd, ablative case of *swé (whence se, suus); and originally the same as the inseparable preposition sē- (properly, “by itself”, “apart”, hence, “but”, “only”, etc.). Compare with the semantics of English "only (that)..." (= "but...").
aile: sed magis
c. ad 65, Seneca, Moral Letters to Lucilius, CVI.
Non vi, sed verbo
1804 Jun 12, Oberdeutsche Allgemeine Litteraturzeitung, No. 70, p. 1119