Words that come from Proto-Germanic “-izô”

125 words across 24 languages descend from Proto-Germanic -izô — including better, newer, betterment, beater, bettering, eggbeater, bettermost, wifebeater.

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English (25)

Dutch (12)

Finnish (10)

Middle English (9)

Middle Dutch (7)

Norwegian Bokmål (7)

Old English (6)

Proto-Germanic (6)

Swedish (5)

Old Dutch (5)

German (5)

Danish (4)

Gothic (4)

Yiddish (3)

Old Norse (3)

Old High German (2)

Faroese (2)

Icelandic (2)

Old Saxon (2)

Middle High German (2)

Middle Low German (1)

Scots (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)