Where does “-t” come from?

-t (Middle English) comes from Old English -t, from Proto-Germanic -þiz, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

-t (Middle English): Forms the past tense and past participle of certain weak verbs

Definitions

  1. Forms the past tense and past participle of certain weak verbs

Ancestry of “-t”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old English-t—
2Proto-Germanic-þizForms abstract nouns from verb roots, usually...
3Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “-t”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →Every word from Proto-Germanic -þiz →Every word from Old English -t →