Where does “-þu” come from?

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

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “-þu”, step by step

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

Words derived from “-þu”

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