Where does “-else” come from?
-else (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish -else, from Danish -ilse, 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 (Norwegian Bokmål): added to a verb to form a noun for an action or...
Definitions
- added to a verb to form a noun for an action or...
Ancestry of “-else”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | -else | added to a verb to form a noun for an action or... |
| 2 | Danish | -ilse | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | -isli | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -islī | Used to form nouns from verbs denoting something... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -ī | -ness, -th |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -į̄ | -th |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |