Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *-ōdazScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_ōdaz
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Germanische Sprachwissenschaft III: WortbildungslehreHansKraheWolfgangMeidWalter de Gruyter1969From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English, 2nd edition)DonRingeOxfordOxford University Press2017-ātusforms adjectives from nouns indicating the possession of a thing or feature*-eh₂-to-sforms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality*-atъforms agent or instrument nouns from reanalyzed adjectives
suffixadja-stemforms denominal adjectives meaning ‘having, provided with, characterized by X’, comparable to English “-ed” in bearded, horned, ringedFrom Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂-to-s*-eh₂-tó-s, a denominal adjectival complex consisting of the *-eh₂- (creates collective and abstract nouns) + *-tó- (adjectival/participial suffix), with the sense ‘provided with X’ Ringe 2017: 326. Ringe treats the Germanic formations as inherited “pseudo-participles”. The variant *-ōdijaz represents a secondary extension of *-ōdazKrahe & Meid 1969: 143, 149Ringe 2017: 326. The suffix was not originally a past participle, though it became formally indistinguishable from one, since Weak class 2 past participles likewise had *-ō- + *-daz. As a result, some formations could be reinterpreted as participial. Cognates include Latin-ātusand Proto-Slavic *-atъ.