Where does “inciegan” come from?

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

inciegan (Old English): to call upon, invoke

Definitions

  1. to call upon, invoke

Ancestry of “inciegan”, step by step

inciegan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English in

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

via Old English ċīeġan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishċīeġanto call
2Proto-West Germanic*kauwjanto call
3Proto-Germanickawjanąto call; name
4Proto-Indo-EuropeangewH-to call, name; to invoke, call on; to cry, cry...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European én →Every word from Proto-Germanic in →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *in →