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Where does “onreine” come from?

onreine (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch unreini, from Proto-West Germanic *unhrainī, from Proto-Germanic *unhrainiz.

Ancestry of “onreine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchunreiniunclean
2Proto-West Germanic*unhrainī—
3Proto-Germanic*unhrainiz—

Words derived from “onreine”

  • onrein
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