Where does “stänga inne” come from?

stänga inne (Swedish) comes from Swedish inne, from Old Swedish inne, from Old Norse inni.

stänga inne (Swedish): to confine (someone or something) inside; to contain, to hem in, etc

Definitions

  1. to confine (someone or something) inside; to contain, to hem in, etc

Ancestry of “stänga inne”, step by step

stänga inne traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish inne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishinnein; the state of being in something; indoors
2Old Swedishinne—
3Old Norseinni—

via Swedish stänga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishstängato close, to shut
2Old Norsestengjato bar
Every word from Old Norse inni →Every word from Old Swedish inne →Every word from Swedish inne →