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Where does “-enen” come from?

-enen (Middle English) comes from Old English -nian, from Proto-West Germanic -inōn, from Proto-Germanic -inōną — Creates denominatives from nouns referring to...

Ancestry of “-enen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old English-niansuffix applied to nouns and adjectives to form...
2Proto-West Germanic-inōn—
3Proto-Germanic-inōnąCreates denominatives from nouns referring to...

Words derived from “-enen”

  • thickening
  • thicken
  • thickener
  • naken
  • hyperthickening
  • overthicken
  • rethicken
  • nonthickening
  • nakenen
  • thickenen
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