Where does “Optativ” come from?

Optativ (German) comes from Latin optātīvus, from Latin -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

Optativ (German): optative

Definitions

  1. optative

Ancestry of “Optativ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinoptātīvusoptative
2Latin-īvusAdjective suffix
3Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
4Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Latin -īvus →Every word from Latin optātīvus →