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1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
5. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
6. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
7. Proto-Germanic*under
8. Proto-West Germanic*undar
9. Old Englishunder-
10. Middle Englishunder-
11. English todayunder-

From Middle English under-, from Old English under-, from Proto-West Germanic *undar, from Proto-Germanic *under, from Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér (“below”) and *h₁n̥tér (“inside”). For more, see under.

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