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Where does “ënner” come from?

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

ënner (Luxembourgish): under, below; under; among

Definitions

  1. under, below; under; among

Ancestry of “ënner”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ënner”

  • Ënnerdaach
  • drënner
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