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Where does “-ettan” come from?

-ettan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic -attjan, from Proto-Germanic -atjaną, from Proto-Indo-European -dyé-.

-ettan (Old English): used to form verbs from nouns or adjectives ,...

Definitions

  1. used to form verbs from nouns or adjectives ,...

Ancestry of “-ettan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic-attjanCreates intensive verbs
2Proto-Germanic-atjanąCreates intensive verbs
3Proto-Indo-European-dyé-—

Words derived from “-ettan”

  • waft
  • wafture
  • waftage
  • wafty
  • upwaft
  • waften
  • -ten
  • gorettan
  • fagettan
  • agnettan
  • wafettan
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -dyé- →