Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/innai

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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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adverb

*innai

  1. within, inside

Descendants

References

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