Where does “in-” come from?

in- (Old English) comes from Old English in, from Proto-West Germanic *in, from Proto-Germanic in, from Proto-Indo-European én — in.

in- (Old English): in, into; on, upon; internal, positioned on the...

Definitions

  1. in, into; on, upon; internal, positioned on the...

Ancestry of “in-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishinin; Alternative form of inn
2Proto-West Germanic*in
3Proto-Germanicinin; into
4Proto-Indo-Europeanénin

Words derived from “in-

Every word from Proto-Indo-European én