Where does “í” come from?

í (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse í, from Proto-Germanic in, from Proto-Indo-European én — in.

í (Icelandic): in; to; in; for; over

Definitions

  1. in; to; in; for; over

Ancestry of “í”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseíin
2Proto-Germanicinin; into
3Proto-Indo-Europeanénin

Words derived from “í”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European én →Every word from Proto-Germanic in →Every word from Old Norse í →