Where does “-els” come from?

-els (Middle English) comes from Old English -els, from Proto-West Germanic -islī, 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...

-els (Middle English): suffix creating nouns denoting events, instruments, or places from verbs

Definitions

  1. suffix creating nouns denoting events, instruments, or places from verbs

Ancestry of “-els”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old English-elssuffix creating nouns from verbs
2Proto-West Germanic-islīUsed to form nouns from verbs denoting something...
3Proto-West Germanic-ī-ness, -th
4Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
5Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
6Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “-els”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄ →Every word from Proto-West Germanic -ī →
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