Where does “stänga in” come from?

stänga in (Swedish) comes from Swedish stänga, from Old Norse stengja — to bar.

stänga in (Swedish): to confine (someone) in a space; to shut, to confine, etc

Definitions

  1. to confine (someone) in a space; to shut, to confine, etc

Ancestry of “stänga in”, step by step

stänga in traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish stänga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishstängato close, to shut
2Old Norsestengjato bar

via Swedish in

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishininto, the direction "from "out" to "in
Every word from Old Norse stengja →Every word from Swedish stänga →