Where does “eem” come from?

eem (English) comes from English even, from Middle English even, from Old English efn, from Proto-West Germanic ebn, from Proto-Germanic ebnaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁émnos — equal, straight; flat, level, even.

eem (English): pronunciation spelling of even, representing...

Definitions

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Ancestry of “eem”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishevenFlat and level; Without great variation; Equal in...
2Middle Englishevensmoothly, evenly
3Old Englishefnequal, level, even
4Proto-West Germanicebneven, level
5Proto-Germanicebnazeven, level
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁émnosequal, straight; flat, level, even
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