Where does “-sian” come from?

-sian (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic -isōn, from Proto-Germanic -isōną — Creates denominatives from adjectives or nouns.

-sian (Old English): verbal suffix added to adjectives and nouns,...

Definitions

  1. verbal suffix added to adjectives and nouns,...

Ancestry of “-sian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic-isōn—
2Proto-Germanic-isōnąCreates denominatives from adjectives or nouns

Words derived from “-sian”

Every word from Proto-Germanic -isōną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic -isōn →