Where does “binne” come from?

binne (Middle English) comes from Old English binne, from Gaulish benna, from Proto-Celtic *bendā, from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ- — to bind; bond.

binne (Middle English): within

Definitions

  1. within

Ancestry of “binne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbinnecrib, manger
2Gaulishbennacarriage
3Proto-Celtic*bendā
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰendʰ-to bind; bond
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ-