Where does “-els” come from?

-els (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic -islī, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

-els (Old English): suffix creating nouns from verbs

Definitions

  1. suffix creating nouns from verbs

Ancestry of “-els”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic-islīUsed to form nouns from verbs denoting something...
2Proto-West Germanic-ī-ness, -th
3Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
4Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
5Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “-els”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄ →Every word from Proto-West Germanic -ī →