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Where does “-nian” come from?

-nian (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic -inōn, from Proto-Germanic -inōną — Creates denominatives from nouns referring to...

-nian (Old English): suffix applied to nouns and adjectives to form...

Definitions

  1. suffix applied to nouns and adjectives to form...

Ancestry of “-nian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic-inōn—
2Proto-Germanic-inōnąCreates denominatives from nouns referring to...

Words derived from “-nian”

  • thickening
  • thicken
  • christen
  • thickener
  • rechristen
  • christener
  • naken
  • unchristen
  • hyperthickening
  • rethicken
  • overthicken
  • mischristen
  • nonthickening
  • kristne
  • kristne
  • nakenen
  • cristnien
  • thickenen
  • -enien
  • cristenen
  • -enen
  • dihtnian
  • cocnian
  • æwnian
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