10 Proto-Germanic entries
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*-ô
suffix · forms nouns · masculine · an-stem · /ɔːː/
like English “-er”; forms masculine agent and personal nouns, often from the zero-grade of the base, with the sense…
Descendants: 21 recorded nodes
· 17 languages
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*-ô
suffix · forms adverbs · /ɔːː/
like English “-ly” in function; forms adverbs of manner or quality from adjectives, with the sense ‘in an X way, X-ly’
Descendants: 23 recorded nodes
· 18 languages
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*-ō
suffix · forms nouns · feminine · ō-stem · /ɔː/
forms feminine ō-stem nouns from roots and stems, including concrete nouns, person nouns, and abstract/action/result…
Descendants: 25 recorded nodes
· 21 languages
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*-ǭ
suffix · forms nouns · feminine · ōn-stem · /ɔ̃ː/
like modern English “-ess”; forms feminine agent and personal nouns, often corresponding to masculine *-ô or *-jô
Descendants: 29 recorded nodes
· 23 languages
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*-ōdaz
suffix · forms adjectives · a-stem · /ɔː.ðɑz/
forms denominal adjectives meaning ‘having, provided with, characterized by X’, comparable to English “-ed” in bearded,…
Descendants: 27 recorded nodes
· 23 languages
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*-ōną
suffix · forms verbs · Weak class 2 · /ɔː.nɑ̃/
infinitive form of the weak class 2 verbal suffix; forms chiefly denominative verbs, with meanings such as ‘be X’, ‘act…
Descendants: 37 recorded nodes
· 27 languages
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*-ōniz
noun · feminine · i-stem · /ɔː.niz/
forms feminine abstract or event nouns from weak class 2 verbs
Descendants: 6 recorded nodes
· 6 languages
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*-ōstaz
suffix · forms adjectives · a-stem · /ɔːs.tɑz/
like English “-est”; forms superlative adjectives, chiefly from regular a-stem adjectives (cf. the comparative suffix…
Descendants: 34 recorded nodes
· 26 languages
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*-ōzô
suffix · forms adjectives · an/īn-stem · /ɔː.zɔːː/
forms comparative adjectives, equivalent to English “-er” or “more”, with the sense ‘more X, X-er’, originally with…
Descendants: 29 recorded nodes
· 23 languages
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*-ōþuz
suffix · forms nouns · masculine · u-stem · /ɔː.θuz/
forms masculine u-stem action/result nouns, especially from weak class 2 verbs, denoting the action, practice, process,…
Descendants: 3 recorded nodes
· 3 languages
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