Etymograph

English

Interlaken

Interlaken comes from Latin inter ‘between, among’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁én‘in’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁entér‘between’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*n̥ter‘between’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinter‘between, among’
  5. Germanc. 1650–presentInterlaken
  6. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁én‘in’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁entér‘between’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*n̥ter‘between’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinter‘between, among’
  5. Germanc. 1650–presentInterlaken
  6. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

in, entrance, indigenous, impulse, encounter, intimate, ensemble, incubation, incense, endo, incubus, impel, dysentery, incubate, agog, intimation, censer, enteral, 32 more

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

interregnum, 3 more

through Latin inter ‘between, among’

interpretation, interpreter, intestine, internist, 8 more

Today it means

name A town in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁én / Interlaken

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