Where does “zigeunerin” come from?

zigeunerin (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.

zigeunerin (Dutch): a female Gypsy

Definitions

  1. a female Gypsy

Ancestry of “zigeunerin”, step by step

zigeunerin 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 zigeuner

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchzigeunerGypsy, member of the Roma; gypsy, person who...
2GermanZigeunerGypsy, member of the Roma, Romani person; member...
3Byzantine Greekἀθίγγανος—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European én →Every word from Proto-Germanic in →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *in →