Where does “-eln” come from?

-eln (Middle High German) comes from Old High German -alōn, from Proto-Germanic -lōną — frequentative verbal suffix; indicating...

-eln (Middle High German): frequentative suffix

Definitions

  1. frequentative suffix

Ancestry of “-eln”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High German-alōn—
2Proto-Germanic-lōnąfrequentative verbal suffix; indicating...

Words derived from “-eln”

Every word from Proto-Germanic -lōną →Every word from Old High German -alōn →