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English word origin

Etymology of -hood

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *keyt-der. Proto-Germanic *haiduzder. Proto-West Germanic *-haiduder. Old English -hād Middle English -hede English -hood From Middle English -hode, from Old English -hād, from Proto-We

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Unnumbered source etymology

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suffix

A substantive suffix denoting a condition or state of being. · A substantive suffix denoting a group sharing a specified condition or state.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *keyt-der. Proto-Germanic *haiduzder. Proto-West Germanic *-haiduder. Old English -hād Middle English -hede English -hood From Middle English -hode, from Old English -hād, from Proto-West Germanic *-haidu, from Proto-Germanic *haiduz (compare -head). Cognate with German -heit, -keit, Dutch -heid, Afrikaans -heid, Swedish -het, Elfdalian -iet, Norwegian Bokmål -het, Norwegian Nynorsk -heit, Danish -hed. The Swedish, Elfdalian, Norwegian and Danish endings were borrowed from Middle Low German.

Relationships mentioned by the source

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  • Inherited-form mention-hodeenm
  • Inherited-form mention-hādang
  • Inherited-form mention*-haidugmw-pro
  • Inherited-form mention*haiduzgem-pro
  • Cognate mention-heitde
  • Cognate mention-heidnl
  • Cognate mention-heidaf
  • Cognate mention-hetsv
  • Cognate mention-ietovd
  • Cognate mention-hetnb
  • Cognate mention-heitnn
  • Cognate mention-hedda
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