Where does “-else” come from?

-else (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon -isli, from Proto-West Germanic -islī, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

-else (Middle Low German): Creating a noun from a verb, denoting something...

Definitions

  1. Creating a noun from a verb, denoting something...

Ancestry of “-else”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxon-isli—
2Proto-West Germanic-islīUsed to form nouns from verbs denoting something...
3Proto-West Germanic-ī-ness, -th
4Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
5Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
6Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “-else”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄ →Every word from Proto-West Germanic -ī →