Where does “-īn” come from?

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

Ancestry of “-īn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic-īnaz-en
2Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
3Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

Words derived from “-īn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from Proto-Germanic -īnaz →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos →
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