Where does “ingraven” come from?

ingraven (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.

ingraven (Dutch): to dig in, to entrench

Definitions

  1. to dig in, to entrench

Ancestry of “ingraven”, step by step

ingraven 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 graven

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchgravenTo dig physically; To search for information
2Middle DutchgrāvenTo dig
3Old Dutchgravanto dig
4Proto-West Germanicgrabanto dig; to engrave
5Proto-Germanicgrabanąto dig; to engrave, scratch
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European én →