Where does “enmew” come from?

enmew (English) comes from English en, from French en, from Middle French en, from Old French en, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

enmew (English): Alternative form of emmew

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of emmew

Ancestry of “enmew”, step by step

enmew traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English en

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishenAbbreviation of English; The name of the...
2Frenchenin; to; by
3Middle Frenchenon; on to
4Old Frenchenin; inside; on; upon; in
5Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English mew

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmewA gull, seagull; A prison, or other place of...
2Middle Englishmeweseagull, gull; A cage used for allowing birds to...
3Old Englishmǣwmew, seagull; seagull
4Proto-West Germanic*maiwīgull, seagull
5Proto-Germanicmaiwazgull, seagull
6Proto-Germanicmaiwijanąto shout, mew
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Proto-Italic enEvery word from Latin en