Where does “empuñar” come from?

empuñar (Spanish) comes from Spanish en-, from Old Spanish en-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

empuñar (Spanish): to clutch, grasp or brandish by the handle, to...

Definitions

to clutch, grasp or brandish by the handle, to...

Ancestry of “empuñar”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Spanish	en-	en- all meanings
2	Old Spanish	en-	—
3	Latin	īn-	un-, non-, not
4	Latin	în	in, at, on, upon, from (space)
5	Latin	en	lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6	Proto-Italic	en	in
7	Proto-Indo-European	h₁én	in

Words derived from “empuñar”

empuñadura

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →