Where does “-ин” come from?

-ин (Macedonian) comes from Proto-Slavic -inъ, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

Ancestry of “-ин”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic-inъ-ine; Creates singulatives, mostly with...
2Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
3Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

Words derived from “-ин”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos →Every word from Proto-Slavic -inъ →
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