Where does “-else” come from?

-else (Danish) comes from Danish -ilse, from Old Saxon -isli, from Proto-West Germanic -islī, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

-else (Danish): added to a verb to form a noun for an action or...

Definitions

  1. added to a verb to form a noun for an action or...

Ancestry of “-else”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danish-ilse—
2Old Saxon-isli—
3Proto-West Germanic-islīUsed to form nouns from verbs denoting something...
4Proto-West Germanic-ī-ness, -th
5Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
6Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
7Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “-else”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄ →Every word from Proto-West Germanic -ī →
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