h₁en

“in, into, within”

Widely acceptedpositionrelation

in/into

PIE preposition meaning in or into. One of the fundamental spatial roots, yielding Latin in, English "in," and Greek en.

bʰewd-mn̥-“bottom, ground beneath water”dhewb-“deep, hollow”dʰe-“to set down”h₁enter“between, among, within”h₁epi-steh₂-“to stand upon, understand”h₁eǵʰs“out of, from within”h₂ed“to, near, at (proximity)”h₂embʰi“around, on both sides”