Where does “-inna” come from?

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

-inna (Swedish): -ess; make a female version of a title, often...

Definitions

  1. -ess; make a female version of a title, often...

Ancestry of “-inna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedish-inna—
2Proto-Germanic-inīForms nouns indicating a female individual
3Proto-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 →Every word from Old Swedish -inna →