Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗prefix
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryEven in number, not odd. · Uniform, evenly in quantity.
From Middle English even-, efen-, from Old English efn- (“equal, fellow-, co-”), from Proto-West Germanic *ebna- (“like-, level, equal-”, prefix/combining form), from Proto-Germanic *ebnaz (“equal, even”); same as Old English efn (“equal, even, level”). More at even. Cognate with Scots evin- (“equal-”), Old Frisian ivin-, evn- (“even-”), Dutch even-, Old High German eban- (“even-”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentioneven-enm
- Inherited-form mentionefn-ang · equal, fellow-, co-
- Inherited-form mention*ebna-gmw-pro · like-, level, equal-
- Derivation mention*ebnazgem-pro · equal, even
- Cognate mentionefnang · equal, even, level
- Cognate mentionevin-sco · equal-
- Cognate mentionivin-ofs
- Cognate mentioneven-nl
- Cognate mentioneban-goh · even-
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