Where does “ingemeen” come from?

ingemeen (Dutch) comes from Dutch in, from Middle Dutch in, from Old Dutch in, from Proto-West Germanic *in, from Proto-Germanic in, from Proto-Indo-European én — in.

ingemeen (Dutch): extremely mean, very nasty

Definitions

  1. extremely mean, very nasty

Ancestry of “ingemeen”, step by step

ingemeen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch in

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchinin, inside; into; in; expressing containment
2Middle Dutchinin, inside, within; into; within
3Old Dutchin—
4Proto-West Germanic*in—
5Proto-Germanicinin; into
6Proto-Indo-Europeanénin

via Dutch gemeen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchgemeenmean, hurtful; intense, extreme; common, shared,...
2Middle Dutchgemêen—
3Old Dutchgimēni—
4Proto-West Germanicgamainīcommon; shared, communal
5Proto-Germanicgamainizshared, communal, public; common, ordinary
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moynis—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European én →