Where does “iivn” come from?

iivn (Jamaican Creole) comes from English Even, from Middle English even, from Old English efn, from Proto-West Germanic ebn, from Proto-Germanic ebnaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁émnos — equal, straight; flat, level, even.

iivn (Jamaican Creole): even

Definitions

  1. even

Ancestry of “iivn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishEvenAn ethnic Even: a member of an indigenous people...
2Middle Englishevensmoothly, evenly
3Old Englishefnequal, level, even
4Proto-West Germanicebneven, level
5Proto-Germanicebnazeven, level
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁émnosequal, straight; flat, level, even
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁émnos →Every word from Proto-Germanic ebnaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic ebn →