Where does “-eg-” come from?
-eg- (Ido) comes from Esperanto -eg-, from Russian -я́га, from Russian -ха, from Proto-Slavic -xъ.
-eg- (Ido): suffix denoting augmentation, intensity, a higher...
Definitions
- suffix denoting augmentation, intensity, a higher...
Ancestry of “-eg-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | -eg- | denotes augmentative of degree |
| 2 | Russian | -я́га | Suffix forming nouns denoting a possessor of a certain quality, often intensifying, and usually colloquial or informal |
| 3 | Russian | -ха | pejorative suffix |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -xъ | — |
Words derived from “-eg-”