Where does “-ns” come from?

-ns (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön, from Hungarian ön-, from Turkish ön, from Ottoman Turkish اوك, from Proto-Turkic ǖn — sound, voice.

-ns (Latin): -ing; ending of the present active participle

Definitions

  1. -ing; ending of the present active participle

Ancestry of “-ns”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
2Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
3Hungarianönyou
4Hungarianön-self-
5Turkishönfront
6Ottoman Turkishاوكvoice (of human or animal); sound
7Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice

Words derived from “-ns”

Every word from Proto-Turkic ǖn →