Where does “impfen” come from?

impfen (German) comes from Old High German impfōn, from Proto-West Germanic impōn, from Latin imputō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

impfen (German): to inoculate; to vaccinate

Definitions

  1. to inoculate; to vaccinate

Ancestry of “impfen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanimpfōn—
2Proto-West Germanicimpōnto graft
3Latinimputōto reckon, charge, enter into the account
4Latinīn-un-, non-, not
5Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “impfen”

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