Where does “innbefatte” come from?

innbefatte (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål inn, from Old Norse inn, from Proto-Germanic inn, from Proto-Germanic in, from Proto-Indo-European én — in.

innbefatte (Norwegian Bokmål): to include

Definitions

  1. to include

Ancestry of “innbefatte”, step by step

innbefatte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål inn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålinninside, in; in, into
2Old Norseinnin, into; the
3Proto-Germanicinnin, into
4Proto-Germanicinin; into
5Proto-Indo-Europeanénin

via Norwegian Bokmål befatte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålbefatte—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European én →Every word from Proto-Germanic in →Every word from Proto-Germanic inn →
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