Where does “drins” come from?

drins (English) comes from English drin, from Albanian Drin, from Luxembourgish drun, from Luxembourgish un, from Old High German āna, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic ana — on, onto.

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Definitions

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Ancestry of “drins”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishdrin—
2AlbanianDrin—
3Luxembourgishdrunthereon; on it, on that
4Luxembourgishunon; at; to
5Old High Germanānawithout
6Proto-West Germanicanaon
7Proto-Germanic*an—
8Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ana →Every word from Proto-Germanic *an →