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Where does “[[rinde]], [[rinte]]” come from?

[[rinde]], [[rinte]] (Middle High German) comes from Old High German [[rinda]], [[rinta]], from Proto-West Germanic *rindā, from Proto-Germanic rindǭ, from Proto-Indo-European rem- — to rest, prop or support oneself; to come to...

Ancestry of “[[rinde]], [[rinte]]”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High German[[rinda]], [[rinta]]—
2Proto-West Germanic*rindā—
3Proto-Germanicrindǭbark; crust; rind
4Proto-Indo-Europeanrem-to rest, prop or support oneself; to come to...
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