Where does “-sn” come from?

-sn (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic -snō, from Proto-Indo-European -sneh₂ — Used to form nouns denoting an object.

-sn (Old English): Forms feminine ō-stem nouns denoting a tool or...

Definitions

  1. Forms feminine ō-stem nouns denoting a tool or...

Ancestry of “-sn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic-snōForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
2Proto-Indo-European-sneh₂Used to form nouns denoting an object

Words derived from “-sn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -sneh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic -snō →