Where does “-ete” come from?

-ete (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse -óttr, from Proto-Germanic -uhtaz.

-ete (Norwegian Bokmål): forming adjectives from nouns

Definitions

  1. forming adjectives from nouns

Ancestry of “-ete”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norse-óttrsuffix used to create adjectives, meaning more or...
2Proto-Germanic-uhtaz—

Words derived from “-ete”

Every word from Proto-Germanic -uhtaz →Every word from Old Norse -óttr →