Where does “yn” come from?
yn (West Frisian) comes from Old Frisian in, from Proto-Germanic in, from Proto-Indo-European én — in.
yn (West Frisian): in; into
Ancestry of “yn”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Frisian | in | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | in | in; into |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | én | in |