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Where does “eingebunden” come from?

eingebunden (German) comes from German gebunden, from German binden, from Middle High German binden, from Old High German bintan, from Proto-West Germanic bindan, from Proto-Germanic bindaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ- — to bind; bond.

eingebunden (German): integrated; involved

Definitions

  1. integrated; involved

Ancestry of “eingebunden”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germangebundenbound, constrained to something; committed;...
2Germanbindento tie up; to fasten; to bind together; to knot;...
3Middle High Germanbindento bind
4Old High Germanbintanto bind
5Proto-West Germanicbindanto bind, to tie
6Proto-Germanicbindanąto bind, to tie
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰendʰ-to bind; bond
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