Where does “-ty” come from?
-ty (Middle English) comes from Old English -tiġ, from Proto-Germanic tigiwiz, from Proto-Germanic *teguz.
Ancestry of “-ty”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | -tiġ | -ty |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | tigiwiz | nominative/vocative plural of *teguz |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *teguz | — |