Where does “-e” come from?
-e (German) comes from German Du, from Middle High German dū, from Old High German dū, from Proto-West Germanic þū, from Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.
-e (German): stark + API → Stärke; used to form the plural of...
Definitions
- stark + API → Stärke; used to form the plural of...
Ancestry of “-e”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | Du | Alternative letter-case form of du; literally:... |
| 2 | Middle High German | dū | — |
| 3 | Old High German | dū | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | þū | you |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *þū | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | túh₂ | you, thou |