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- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Ancient Greekἐν (en)
- Ancient Greekἐν- (en-)
- Proto-Indo-European*keh₂w-
- Proto-Hellenic*káwyō
- Ancient Greekκαίω (kaíō)
- Ancient Greekκαυστός (kaustós)
- Ancient Greekἔγκαυστον (énkauston)
- Late Latinencaustum
- Old Frenchenque
- Middle Englishynke
- Englishink
- Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
- Proto-Germanic*leusaną
- Proto-Germanic*lausaz
- English todayinkless
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.