Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/inn

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *in, with either the same *-n- suffix seen in the related *innai and *innanē, or by analogy with those forms.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈinː/

Adverb

*inn

in, into (with allative direction)

Related terms

Descendants

Old English: in
- English: in
Old Frisian: in
Old Saxon: in
Old High German: īn
Old Norse: inn
- Danish: ind
- Old Swedish: in
  - Swedish: in
Gothic: 𐌹𐌽𐌽 (inn)

References

Guus Kroonen. The Proto-Germanic N-Stems: A Study in Diachronic Morphophonology. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2011

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[1] Guus Kroonen. The Proto-Germanic N-Stems: A Study in Diachronic Morphophonology. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2011