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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”

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