Where does “thornin” come from?

thornin (Old Dutch) comes from Old Dutch -īn, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

thornin (Old Dutch): made of thorns

Definitions

  1. made of thorns

Ancestry of “thornin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutch-īn—
2Proto-Germanic-īnaz-en
3Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
4Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from Proto-Germanic -īnaz →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos →