Where does “-kantet” come from?

-kantet (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish -et, from Old Norse -it, from Old Norse -inn, from Proto-Norse -īna-, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

-kantet (Norwegian Bokmål): From kant, used to create adjectives

Definitions

  1. From kant, used to create adjectives

Ancestry of “-kantet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danish-etForms past participles of some verbs, like -t;...
2Old Norse-it—
3Old Norse-innUsed to create adjectives from nouns, meaning...
4Proto-Norse-īna-—
5Proto-Germanic-īnaz-en
6Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
7Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

Words derived from “-kantet”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from Proto-Germanic -īnaz →Every word from Danish -et →