Where does “slavinne” come from?

slavinne (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål inne, from Old Norse inni.

slavinne (Norwegian Bokmål): slave

Definitions

  1. slave

Ancestry of “slavinne”, step by step

slavinne traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål inne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålinneinside, indoors, in, within
2Old Norseinni—

via Norwegian Bokmål slave

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålslaveslave
Every word from Old Norse inni →Every word from Norwegian Bokmål inne →