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Where does “irthīn” come from?

irthīn (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic irþīnaz, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

Ancestry of “irthīn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicirþīnazearthen, made of earth
2Proto-Germanic-īnaz-en
3Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
4Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

Words derived from “irthīn”

  • aanaarden
  • aanaarding
  • aanaardploeg
  • ontaarden
  • ontaarding
  • aarden
  • aarding
  • erdijn
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