Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *-azScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_az_4
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Germanische Sprachwissenschaft III: WortbildungslehreHansKraheWolfgangMeidWalter de Gruyter1969
suffixadja-stemforms primary deverbal adjectives, particularly active, agentive, or resultative adjectivesFrom the Proto-Indo-European adjective formation in *-ó-s, formed by adding this suffix directly to verbal roots. The suffix could form adjectives from a variety of root ablaut grade variations. The resulting adjectives could express an active or agentive property, or a state resulting from the verbal action. While the suffix survived in Proto-Germanic, it was not productive in the language Krahe & Meid 1969: 60–61.