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Where does “-þ” come from?

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

-þ (Old English): forming abstract nouns from verbs, adjectives or...

Definitions

  1. forming abstract nouns from verbs, adjectives or...

Ancestry of “-þ”, 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 “-þ”

  • growth
  • amongst
  • bent
  • whilst
  • width
  • burnt
  • amidst
  • wept
  • bandwidth
  • eleventh
  • mirth
  • ruthless
  • dreamt
  • ith
  • pent
  • hundredth
  • undergrowth
  • ruthlessly
  • knoweth
  • outgrowth
  • spelt
  • believeth
  • spilt
  • liveth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iteh₂ →