Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *-razScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_raz
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Indo-European linguistics (Charles Gertmenian, Trans.; in cooperation with Matthias Fritz & Manfred Mayrhofer)MichaelMeier-BrüggerWalter de Gruyter2003From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English, 2nd edition)DonRingeOxfordOxford University Press2017-ρός-able, tending to be X'ed (for a verb X); a suffix generally deriving adjectives from verbal stems*-ró-sforms adjectives from Caland system roots.*-rosformed adjectives
suffixadja-stemforms mostly lexicalized adjectives from roots, especially inherited Caland-system roots, usually with the root in zero gradeFrom Proto-Indo-European *-ró-s, a thematic adjective suffix. In the PIE Caland system, *-ró- formed root adjectives, typically with zero-grade roots, and stood beside related adjective deriving formations Ringe 2017: 75–76Meier-Brügger 2003: 288–90. Ringe 2017: 326 notes that, in Proto-Germanic, the Caland system mostly survives only in lexical relics. Compare Proto-Italic *-ros and Ancient Greek -ρός, with similar adjectival derivation functionality.