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
- in, into; on, upon; internal, positioned on the...
Ancestry of “in-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | in | in; Alternative form of inn |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *in | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | in | in; into |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | én | in |