Where does “enredar” come from?

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

enredar (Spanish): to entangle, to tangle; to confuse; to embroil

Definitions

  1. to entangle, to tangle; to confuse; to embroil

Ancestry of “enredar”, step by step

enredar traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish en

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishenin, at, on; in; used after some verbs and...
2Old Spanishen
3Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via Spanish Red

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishRedNet
2Old Spanishred
3Latinrētenet, snare, network

via Spanish ar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishar

Words derived from “enredar

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Proto-Italic enEvery word from Latin en