Where does “innsyn” come from?
innsyn (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål inn, from Old Norse inn, from Proto-Germanic inn, from Proto-Germanic in, from Proto-Indo-European én — in.
innsyn (Norwegian Bokmål): insight; view
Ancestry of “innsyn”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | inn | inside, in; in, into |
| 2 | Old Norse | inn | in, into; the |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | inn | in, into |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | in | in; into |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | én | in |