Where does “ive” come from?
ive (Norman) comes from Hungarian -é, from Albanian -ë, from Proto-West Germanic -jā, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
ive (Norman): winter
Ancestry of “ive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | -é | Used to form the lative, expressing the direction... |
| 2 | Albanian | -ë | -ing, -ion |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | -jā | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |