Where does “innkast” come from?

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

innkast (Icelandic): throw-in

Definitions

  1. throw-in

Ancestry of “innkast”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicinn-in; in-
2Norwegian Bokmålinninside, in; in, into
3Old Norseinnin, into; the
4Proto-Germanicinnin, into
5Proto-Germanicinin; into
6Proto-Indo-Europeanénin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European én →Every word from Proto-Germanic in →Every word from Proto-Germanic inn →