Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/innanē

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 +‎ *-anē. The development of the form of the word is uncertain. If the vowel *-a- was not part of the suffix itself, it could have been picked up from similar words, namely *ubanē, in which case the gemination had been introduced by analogy with *inn or *innai. If the original allative form of *inn were Pre-Germanic *en-no, then the ablative could have been built upon that, or as likely the locative *en-noy, which would explain the vowel and the gemination.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈin.nɑ.neː/

Adverb

*innanē

1. from inside, from within (ablative direction)

Related terms

• *in
• *inn
• *innai

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *innanā
  • Old English: innan
    • Middle English: innen
  • Old Saxon: innan
  • Old High German: innana
    • Middle High German: innen
      • German: innen
• Proto-Norse: ᛁᚾᚨᚾᚨ (inana /⁠innana⁠/)
  • Old Norse: innan
    • Icelandic: innan
    • Faroese: innan
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: innan
    • Old Swedish: innan
      • Swedish: innan
    • Danish: inden
      • Norwegian Bokmål: innen
• Gothic: 𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌰 (innana)