Where does “-ína” come from?

-ína (Icelandic) comes from Latin -ina, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

-ína (Icelandic): Forms female given names, usually from male given...

Definitions

  1. Forms female given names, usually from male given...

Ancestry of “-ína”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-inanominative feminine singular of -īnus; nominative...
2Latin-īnusof or pertaining to; -ine
3Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
4Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
5Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

Words derived from “-ína”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from Latin -īnus →Every word from Latin -ina →