Where does “-ti” come from?
-ti (Faroese) comes from Old Norse -tigr, from Proto-Germanic tigiwiz, from Proto-Germanic *teguz.
-ti (Faroese): -ty
Ancestry of “-ti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | -tigr | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | tigiwiz | nominative/vocative plural of *teguz |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *teguz | — |