Where does “-e” come from?

-e (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch -i, 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...

-e (Middle Dutch): Used to form abstract nouns from adjectives,...

Definitions

  1. Used to form abstract nouns from adjectives,...

Ancestry of “-e”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutch-iness, -th
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 “-e

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂