Where does “onreine” come from?
onreine (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch unreini, from Proto-West Germanic *unhrainī, from Proto-Germanic *unhrainiz — unclean.
Ancestry of “onreine”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | unreini | unclean |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *unhrainī | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *unhrainiz | unclean |