Where does “-elen” come from?

-elen (Middle English) comes from Old English -lian, from Proto-Germanic -lōną — frequentative verbal suffix; indicating...

Ancestry of “-elen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old English-lianfrequentative verbal suffix; indicating...
2Proto-Germanic-lōnąfrequentative verbal suffix; indicating...
Every word from Proto-Germanic -lōną →Every word from Old English -lian →