Where does “enshield” come from?

enshield (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.

enshield (English): To shield; to defend; Hidden or screened by a...

Definitions

To shield; to defend; Hidden or screened by a...

Ancestry of “enshield”, step by step

enshield traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English en

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	en	Abbreviation of English; The name of the...
2	French	en	in; to; by
3	Middle French	en	on; on to
4	Old French	en	in; inside; on; upon; in
5	Latin	în	in, at, on, upon, from (space)
6	Latin	en	lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7	Proto-Italic	en	in
8	Proto-Indo-European	h₁én	in

via English shield

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	shield	Anything that protects or defends; defense;...
2	Middle English	scheld	A shield; An object that resembles a shield; Any...
3	Old English	sċield	shield
4	Proto-West Germanic	skeldu	shield
5	Proto-Germanic	skelduz	shield
6	Proto-Indo-European	(s)keit-	—

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →