Where does “innen” come from?

innen (German) comes from Old High German innana, from Old High German innar, from Old High German in, from Proto-West Germanic *in, from Proto-Germanic in, from Proto-Indo-European én — in.

innen (German): within; inside

Definitions

  1. within; inside

Ancestry of “innen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germaninnanainside
2Old High Germaninnarinner
3Old High Germaninin
4Proto-West Germanic*in—
5Proto-Germanicinin; into
6Proto-Indo-Europeanénin

Words derived from “innen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European én →Every word from Proto-Germanic in →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *in →