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Where does “infangthef” come from?

infangthef (Middle English) comes from Old English infangeneþēof, from Old English in-, from Old English in, from Proto-West Germanic *in, from Proto-Germanic in, from Proto-Indo-European én — in.

Ancestry of “infangthef”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishinfangeneþēofinfangthief
2Old Englishin-in, into; on, upon; internal, positioned on the...
3Old Englishinin; Alternative form of inn
4Proto-West Germanic*in—
5Proto-Germanicinin; into
6Proto-Indo-Europeanénin

Words derived from “infangthef”

  • infangthief
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