Where does “evening” come from?

evening (Middle English) comes from Old English ǣfnung, from Old English ǣfnian, from Old English ǣfen, from Proto-West Germanic ābanþ, from Proto-Germanic ēbanþs, from Proto-Indo-European h₁epi, from Proto-Indo-European h₁eps.

Ancestry of “evening”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishǣfnung—
2Old Englishǣfnian—
3Old Englishǣfenevening
4Proto-West Germanicābanþevening
5Proto-Germanicēbanþsevening
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁epion, at, near
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁eps—

Words derived from “evening”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁eps →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁epi →Every word from Proto-Germanic ēbanþs →