Where does “dins” come from?

dins (French) comes from French dans, from Old French denz, from Vulgar Latin de intus, from Latin intus, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

dins (French): in the (plural)

Definitions

in the (plural)

Ancestry of “dins”, step by step

dins traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French dans

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	dans	in; in, into; in, within
2	Old French	denz	in
3	Vulgar Latin	de intus	Alternative form of deintus
4	Latin	intus	within, inside; at home
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 French lès

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	lès	Alternative form of lez
2	Middle French	les	the
3	Old French	les	the
4	Latin	illōs	—
5	Latin	ille	that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
6	Latin	olle	Archaic form of ille
7	Proto-Italic	*olnos	that

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Proto-Italic en →Every word from Latin en →