Where does “אין” come from?

אין (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German in, from Old High German in, from Proto-West Germanic *in, from Proto-Germanic in, from Proto-Indo-European én — in.

אין (Yiddish): in; into

Definitions

  1. in; into

Ancestry of “אין”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanin—
2Old High Germaninin
3Proto-West Germanic*in—
4Proto-Germanicinin; into
5Proto-Indo-Europeanénin

Words derived from “אין”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European én →Every word from Proto-Germanic in →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *in →