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): verbal suffix denoting frequency or intensification

Definitions

  1. verbal suffix denoting frequency or intensification

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”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -dyé- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic -attjan →Every word from Proto-Germanic -atjaną →