Where does “nelas” come from?

nelas (Galician) comes from Galician en, from Old Portuguese en, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

nelas (Galician): in them

Definitions

in them

Ancestry of “nelas”, step by step

nelas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Galician en

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Galician	en	in; When preceding a complement of a verb it can...
2	Old Portuguese	en	in
3	Latin	în	in, at, on, upon, from (space)
4	Latin	en	lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5	Proto-Italic	en	in
6	Proto-Indo-European	h₁én	in

via Galician elas

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Galician	elas	they
2	Old Portuguese	ellas	—
3	Latin	illās	—

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