Where does “whitenen” come from?
whitenen (Middle English) comes from Old Norse hvítna, from Proto-Germanic hwītnōną, from Proto-Indo-European kwind-.
Ancestry of “whitenen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | hvítna | to whiten |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | hwītnōną | to whiten, become white |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | kwind- | — |
Words derived from “whitenen”