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Where does “insteken” come from?

insteken (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.

insteken (Dutch): to stab; to insert, to put in

Definitions

  1. to stab; to insert, to put in

Ancestry of “insteken”, step by step

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

Words derived from “insteken”

  • insteekhoes
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