Where does “onrein” come from?

onrein (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch onreine, from Old Dutch unreini, from Proto-West Germanic *unhrainī, from Proto-Germanic *unhrainiz — unclean.

onrein (Dutch): unclean

Definitions

  1. unclean

Ancestry of “onrein”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchonreine—
2Old Dutchunreiniunclean
3Proto-West Germanic*unhrainī—
4Proto-Germanic*unhrainizunclean
Every word from Proto-Germanic *unhrainiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *unhrainī →Every word from Old Dutch unreini →