Where does “trommehinne” come from?
trommehinne (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk hinne, from Old Norse hinna, from Old Norse hinn, from Proto-Germanic jainaz, from Proto-Indo-European i- — that; he; a pronomial stem.
trommehinne (Norwegian Nynorsk): an eardrum
Ancestry of “trommehinne”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | hinne | a membrane; a thin layer of something, film, skin |
| 2 | Old Norse | hinna | film, membrane; genitive plural of hinn |
| 3 | Old Norse | hinn | the other; that; the |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | jainaz | that over there, yon |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | i- | that; he; a pronomial stem |