Etymograph

English

innerweb

From inner + web.

A compound of inner + web

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

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Proto-West Germanic *in ‘in’

Old English in ‘in’

Old English innera ‘inner’

Middle English inner

English inner

Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- ‘to weave, braid’

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Proto-Germanic *wabją ‘something woven; web’

Proto-West Germanic *wabi ‘something woven; web’

Old English webb ‘web’

Middle English web ‘woven fabric’

English web

Today it means

noun (of a plumage) an inner web

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

Etymograph / innerweb