Where does “-lien” come from?
-lien (Middle English) comes from Old English -lian, from Proto-Germanic -lōną — frequentative verbal suffix; indicating...
Ancestry of “-lien”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | -lian | frequentative verbal suffix; indicating... |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | -lōną | frequentative verbal suffix; indicating... |
Words derived from “-lien”