-inn
Old Norse
suffix
Definitions
- Used to create adjectives from nouns, meaning "made from"
- Used to create adjectives from verbs, meaning "prone to"
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Norse *-īna- inherited from Proto-Germanic *-īnaz inherited from Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos (suffix forming adjectives).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*-iHnos
Gloss
suffix forming adjectives
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -īnus Latin
- belluīnus Latin
- -ινος Ancient Greek
- *-iHnos Proto-Indo-European
- *-tn̥nós Proto-Indo-European
- *i- Proto-Indo-European
- *-inaz Proto-Germanic
- *-īnaz Proto-Germanic
- *jainaz Proto-Germanic
- -en Swedish
- geon Old English
- ġeon Old English
- ġeonre Old English
- -en Middle English
- -n Middle English
- -it Old Norse
- hinn Old Norse
- -in Old High German
- jener Old High German
- jēner Old High German
- -այն Old Armenian
- -𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 Gothic
- 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 Gothic
- *-īn Old Dutch
- *gēn Old Dutch
- *-īnos Proto-Celtic
- *-iHnas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *-īnos Proto-Italic
- -inis Lithuanian
- *-īna- Proto-Norse
- *-ᛁᚾᚨ- Proto-Norse
- *hānaʀ Proto-Norse