Where does “and” come from?
and (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic andom, from Proto-Indo-European h₁n̥dó, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
and (Old Irish): third-person singular masculine/neuter dative of...
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- third-person singular masculine/neuter dative of...
Ancestry of “and”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Celtic | andom | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁n̥dó | into, inside |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |