Where does “edwindan” come from?
edwindan (Old Saxon) comes from Old Saxon ed-, from Old Irish id-, from Proto-Germanic idi-, from Proto-Indo-European éti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁é, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe.
edwindan (Old Saxon): to hurl, precipitate
Ancestry of “edwindan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Saxon | ed- | forming words with sense of "against",... |
| 2 | Old Irish | id- | him; it |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | idi- | again, anew; back, against |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | éti | beyond; over |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁é | and, then |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰe | — |