Where does “fælinn” come from?

fælinn (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic -inn, from Icelandic hinn, from Old Norse hinn, from Proto-Germanic jainaz, from Proto-Indo-European i- — that; he; a pronomial stem.

fælinn (Icelandic): shy

Definitions

  1. shy

Ancestry of “fælinn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandic-innmarks definiteness of a noun; the
2Icelandichinnother, the other, the other one, the next; that;...
3Old Norsehinnthe other; that; the
4Proto-Germanicjainazthat over there, yon
5Proto-Indo-Europeani-that; he; a pronomial stem

Words derived from “fælinn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European i- →Every word from Proto-Germanic jainaz →Every word from Old Norse hinn →