Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/innai
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *in (“in”) + *-nai the locative form of a suffix with unclear origin, from earlier *-n-oy.[1]
Pronunciation
Adverb
*innai
Related terms
Descendants
- Old English: inne
- Old Frisian: inna, inne
- Old Saxon: inna
- Old Dutch: inna
- Old High German: inne
- Middle High German: inne
- Old Norse: inni
- Gothic: 𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰 (inna)
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2011) The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN