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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Ancestry of “drins”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | drin | — |
| 2 | Albanian | Drin | — |
| 3 | Luxembourgish | drun | thereon; on it, on that |
| 4 | Luxembourgish | un | on; at; to |
| 5 | Old High German | āna | without |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *an | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |