Where does “ǣfen” come from?

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

ǣfen (Old English): evening

Definitions

  1. evening

Ancestry of “ǣfen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicābanþevening
2Proto-Germanicēbanþsevening
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁epion, at, near
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁eps—

Words derived from “ǣfen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁eps →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁epi →Every word from Proto-Germanic ēbanþs →