Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *-ōnizScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_ōniz
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Nominale Stammbildungslehre der altgermanischen DialekteFriedrichKlugeMax Niemayer1899Germanische Sprachwissenschaft III: WortbildungslehreHansKraheWolfgangMeidWalter de Gruyter1969*-éh₂forms collective nouns and mass nouns, corresponding to thematic formations with accent on the suffix; forms action nouns and abstract nouns*-nisforms verbal adjectives and nouns
nounfemininei-stemforms feminine abstract or event nouns from weak class 2 verbsFrom the Weak class 2 stem-formant *-ō- (from Proto-Indo-European eh₂-stem noun suffix *-éh₂) + the Proto-Germanic abstract deverbal suffix *-niz, from PIE *-nisKrahe & Meid 1969: 117–18. PGmc *-ni- had a wide range in abstract formation from weak verbs and appeared as *-ini-, *-aini-, or *-ōni- depending on the inflectional class of the base verb; Gothic preserved this type more extensively than the other daughter languages, which often replaced it with formations such as *-ungō/*-ingōKluge 1899: 74–76. Related to *-nizand *-īniz.