approximately · for instance · by any chance, possibly
eş: ungefähr, in etwa, zirka, annähernd, rund, beispielsweise
köken: From Middle High German etwā, contraction of etewā (also eteswā), from Old High German edde(s)hwār (“somewhere”). For the first component compare etlich, etwas; the second is wo (“where”). A related formation was Middle High German ete(s)wanne, in which the second component is wann (“when”). It yielded modern etwan, which was displaced by the 19th century.
aile: etwaig, in etwa
Das Gebäude ist etwa 30 Meter hoch.
bei Behinderungen, etwa durch Sturmschäden
Etwa AfD-Politikerin Beatrix von Storch twitterte: »Das linke woke Paralleluniversum wackelt.«
köken: Via Volga Turki, a calque of Chagatai توغرىسىندە (tuğrïsïnda) / توغرىسىدە (tuğrïsïda, “about”). Compare postpositions with identical meanings in other Turkic languages: Tatar турында (turında), Kazakh туралы (turaly), Kyrgyz тууралуу (tuuraluu).
Мөхәббәт тураһында йыр.
Был хәл тураһында район гәзитендә мәҡәлә яҙып сығарҙылар инде.
eş: prawie, niemalże, nieomal, nieomalże, bez mała, jakby
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Balto-Slavic *ne Proto-Slavic *ne Old Polish nie Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel-der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *mṓˀlas Proto-Slavic *màlъ Old Polish mały Old Polish malem univ. Old Polish niemalemclip. Polish niemal Clipping of Old Polish niemalem.
köken: From Proto-Uralic *roγ- (“nearness”) or Proto-Ugric *raŋɜ (“surface”) + -l (archaic ablative case suffix) formed the suffixed nominal *roγol. This turned into a postposition during the ancient Hungarian era. The γ inside the word was dropped and the shortened ról lost its independent role and became a case suffix. Its harmonic variant -ről appeared in the early Old Hungarian era.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der. Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor. Latin circus Proto-Indo-European *-teros? Latin -ter Latin circiter From circus (“circle, ring”) + -ter.