Where does “inn-” come from?

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

inn- (Icelandic): in; in-

Definitions

  1. in; in-

Ancestry of “inn-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålinninside, in; in, into
2Old Norseinnin, into; the
3Proto-Germanicinnin, into
4Proto-Germanicinin; into
5Proto-Indo-Europeanénin

Words derived from “inn-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European én →Every word from Proto-Germanic in →Every word from Proto-Germanic inn →