Where does “-ede” come from?

-ede (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch -itha, from Proto-West Germanic -iþu, from Proto-Germanic -iþō, from Proto-Indo-European -iteh₂ — -th.

-ede (Middle Dutch): used to form abstract nouns from adjectives

Definitions

  1. used to form abstract nouns from adjectives

Ancestry of “-ede”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutch-itha—
2Proto-West Germanic-iþuForms abstract nouns from verbs, adjectives or...
3Proto-Germanic-iþō-ness, -th
4Proto-Indo-European-iteh₂-th
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iteh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic -iþō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic -iþu →