Where does “insight” come from?

insight (Middle English) comes from Old English insiht, from Proto-Germanic insahtiz, from Proto-Germanic in, from Proto-Indo-European én — in.

Ancestry of “insight”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishinsihtnarrative, account; argument
2Proto-Germanicinsahtizaccount, narrative; discussion, argument
3Proto-Germanicinin; into
4Proto-Indo-Europeanénin

Words derived from “insight”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European én →Every word from Proto-Germanic in →Every word from Proto-Germanic insahtiz →