at (approximately) the same moment, when, while, as · than · To the same degree that, as (distinguished from the aforementioned use in that comparison was between equals)
eş: wie, während
köken: From Middle High German alles, from Old High German also, alsō (“as, like”); equivalent to all + so. Compare English as.
eş: только, всего, единственно, исключительно, лишь только, только
köken: Old East Slavic лише (liše), originally comparative form of лихъ (lixŭ, “bad”). Compare with Ukrainian лише́ (lyšé), лишень (lyšenʹ) and лиш (lyš), Carpathian Rusyn лиш (lyš).
aile: всего лишь, лишь бы, лишь только, только лишь
köken: From Middle Dutch behalven, from Old Dutch bīhalvon (literally “at the side”), thus originally “left aside, not counted” (compare English besides).
than (used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison) · synonym of zanim (“before”)
köken: Etymology tree Polish a Proto-Indo-European *ney Proto-Balto-Slavic *nei Proto-Slavic *ni Polish ni Proto-Indo-European *ís Proto-Balto-Slavic *is Proto-Slavic *jь Proto-Indo-European *gʰe Proto-Balto-Slavic *ge Proto-Slavic *že Proto-Slavic *jь že Old Polish że Polish że Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *lei Proto-Slavic *li Old Polish li Polish li univ. Polish aniżeli…
in what (which) way, to what (which) degree; how, how much, as much as, as far as
köken: From Proto-Italic *kʷis, *kʷoi, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂m, accusative of *kʷeh₂, feminine of *kʷos, *kʷís. Compare its masculine form cum (as in tum-tam). According to L. R. Palmer, "In such a sentence as hic tam beatus est, quam ille the sense of tam beatus could equally be rendered by non beatior. It was presumably by the substitution of equivalent expressions ('contamination'), possibly…
köken: From Old Norse en, earlier an, probably from Proto-Germanic *þan (“then”), like English than, German denn (“than, for”). For the loss of þ-, compare Old Norse at (“that”) from Proto-Germanic *þat (“that”).