Where does “æfnung” come from?

æfnung (Old English) comes from Old English ǣfnian, from Old English ǣfen, from Proto-West Germanic ābanþ, from Proto-Germanic ēbanþs, from Proto-Indo-European h₁epi, from Proto-Indo-European h₁eps.

æfnung (Old English): evening

Definitions

  1. evening

Ancestry of “æfnung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishǣfnian—
2Old Englishǣfenevening
3Proto-West Germanicābanþevening
4Proto-Germanicēbanþsevening
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁epion, at, near
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁eps—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁eps →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁epi →Every word from Proto-Germanic ēbanþs →