Where does “-t” come from?

-t (Old Dutch) comes from Old English -þu, from Proto-West Germanic -iþu, from Proto-Germanic -iþō, from Proto-Indo-European -iteh₂ — -th.

Ancestry of “-t”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old English-þuforming abstract nouns from verbs, adjectives or...
2Proto-West Germanic-iþuForms abstract nouns from verbs, adjectives or...
3Proto-Germanic-iþō-ness, -th
4Proto-Indo-European-iteh₂-th

Words derived from “-t”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iteh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic -iþō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic -iþu →