Where does “-sel” come from?

-sel (German) comes 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...

-sel (German): Creates nouns from verbs, meaning something which...

Definitions

  1. Creates nouns from verbs, meaning something which...

Ancestry of “-sel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic-islīUsed to form nouns from verbs denoting something...
2Proto-West Germanic-ness, -th
3Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
4Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
5Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “-sel

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄Every word from Proto-West Germanic
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