Where does “Unter” come from?

Unter (German) comes from Middle High German under, from Old High German untar, from Proto-Germanic under, from Proto-Indo-European h₁entér, from Proto-Indo-European h₁en — in; in, inside.

Unter (German): jack, knave

Definitions

  1. jack, knave

Ancestry of “Unter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanunder—
2Old High Germanuntarunder
3Proto-Germanicunderamong, between; under, beneath; under
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁entérbetween
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁enin; in, inside

Words derived from “Unter”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁en →