Proto-Germanic *abniją

→ Old English andefn (derived)

→ Danish evne (inherited)

→ Faroese evni (inherited)

→ Icelandic efni (inherited)

→ Norwegian Bokmål evne (inherited)

→ Norwegian Bokmål absorberingsevne (inherited)

→ Norwegian Bokmål absorpsjonsevne (inherited)

→ Norwegian Bokmål abstraksjonsevne (inherited)

→ Old Norse efni (inherited)

→ Scots evin (derived)

→ Swedish ämne (inherited)