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
Ancestry of “innen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old High German | innana | inside |
| 2 | Old High German | innar | inner |
| 3 | Old High German | in | in |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *in | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | in | in; into |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | én | in |
Words derived from “innen”