Where does “inga” come from?

inga (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål ingen, from Old Norse [[engi]], [[enginn]].

inga (Norwegian Bokmål): feminine singular of ingen

Definitions

  1. feminine singular of ingen

Ancestry of “inga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålingenno; no one; nobody; nothing; neither; none
2Old Norse[[engi]], [[enginn]]—
Every word from Old Norse [[engi]], [[enginn]] →Every word from Norwegian Bokmål ingen →