Where does “-s” come from?
-s (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish -s, from Old Norse -sk, from Proto-Germanic *sek, from Proto-Indo-European swe-, from Proto-Indo-European swé — self.
Ancestry of “-s”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Danish | -s | Used to form genitive/possessive phrases,... |
| 2 | Old Norse | -sk | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *sek | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | swe- | self |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | swé | self |