Where does “inner” come from?

inner (Pennsylvania German) comes from Old High German innar, from Old High German in, from Proto-West Germanic *in, from Proto-Germanic in, from Proto-Indo-European én — in.

inner (Pennsylvania German): inner

Definitions

  1. inner

Ancestry of “inner”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germaninnarinner
2Old High Germaninin
3Proto-West Germanic*in
4Proto-Germanicinin; into
5Proto-Indo-Europeanénin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European énEvery word from Proto-Germanic inEvery word from Proto-West Germanic *in