Etymograph

English

inburn

Inburn comes from Middle English *inbernen, and goes back to Old English *inbiernan.

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150*inbiernanreconstructed
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*inbernenreconstructed
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1879inburn

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150*inbiernanreconstructed
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*inbernenreconstructed
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1879inburn

Earliest quotation: 1879, John Henry Parker: “Nicias has written upon this picture that he 'inburned'…”

Formed from in- + burn

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- ‘to boil’

Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenw-

Proto-Germanic *brinnaną ‘to burn’

Old Norse brinna ‘to burn’

Middle English burne

English burn

Every English word from Old English *inbiernan

Today it means

verb To burn in; burn or affect as to make a permanent or lasting impression or mark.

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

Etymograph / Old English *inbiernan / inburn

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