Where does “-inna” come from?

-inna (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic -inī, from Proto-Indo-European -én-ih₂ ~ -n̥-yéh₂-.

Ancestry of “-inna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic-inīForms nouns indicating a female individual
2Proto-Indo-European-én-ih₂ ~ -n̥-yéh₂-—

Words derived from “-inna”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -én-ih₂ ~ -n̥-yéh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic -inī →