Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗suffix
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryUsed to form nouns from verbs of action. · Used to form nouns of quality from adjectives.
From Middle English -the, -th, -te, -t (abstract nominal suffix), from Old English -þ, -t, -þu, -tu, -þo, -to (“-th”, abstract nominal suffix), from Proto-Germanic *-iþō, from Proto-Indo-European *-iteh₂. Cognate with Scots -th, West Frisian -te, Dutch -te, Low German -de, Danish -de, Swedish -d, Icelandic -ð, -d, Gothic -𐌹𐌸𐌰 (-iþa), Latin -itās (“-ty, -ity”). See -ity, -t.
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- Inherited-form mention-theenm
- Inherited-form mention-þang
- Inherited-form mention*-iþōgem-pro
- Inherited-form mention*-iteh₂ine-pro
- Cognate mention-thsco
- Cognate mention-tefy
- Cognate mention-tenl
- Cognate mention-dends
- Cognate mention-deda
- Cognate mention-dsv
- Cognate mention-ðis
- Cognate mention-𐌹𐌸𐌰got
- Cognate mention-itāsla
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