Where does “innan” come from?

innan (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic *innanā, from Proto-Germanic innanē, from Proto-Germanic in, from Proto-Indo-European én — in.

innan (Old Saxon): within; inside; indoors

Definitions

  1. within; inside; indoors

Ancestry of “innan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*innanāfrom inside, from within
2Proto-Germanicinnanēfrom inside, from within
3Proto-Germanicinin; into
4Proto-Indo-Europeanénin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European én →Every word from Proto-Germanic in →Every word from Proto-Germanic innanē →