Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/innai

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 edit

Etymology edit

From *in (“in”) + *-nai the locative form of a suffix with unclear origin, from earlier *-n-oy.^[1]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈin.nɑi̯/

Adverb edit

*innai

within, inside

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

Old English: inne
- Middle English: in
  - English: in
Old Frisian: inna, inne
Old Saxon: inna
Old Dutch: inna
Old High German: inne
- Middle High German: inne
Old Norse: inni
- Icelandic: inni
- Faroese: inni
- Danish: inde
- Old Swedish: inne
  - Swedish: inne
Gothic: 𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰 (inna)

References edit

^ Kroonen, Guus (2011) The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2011) The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN

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