Where does “-o” come from?

-o (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic -ō, from Proto-Germanic -ô, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

-o (Old Dutch): Forms adverbs from adjectives

Definitions

  1. Forms adverbs from adjectives

Ancestry of “-o”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic-ōCreates adverbs from adjectives; Creates agent...
2Proto-Germanic-ô-ly; Forms agent nouns, often from the zero-grade...
3Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

Words derived from “-o”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →Every word from Proto-Germanic -ô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic -ō →