Etymology Explorer › Old English

Where does “-t” come from?

-t (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic -þiz, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

Ancestry of “-t”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic-þizForms abstract nouns from verb roots, usually...
2Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “-t”

  • growth
  • amongst
  • bent
  • whilst
  • width
  • burnt
  • amidst
  • wept
  • bandwidth
  • eleventh
  • ruthless
  • dreamt
  • ith
  • pent
  • hundredth
  • undergrowth
  • ruthlessly
  • knoweth
  • outgrowth
  • spelt
  • believeth
  • spilt
  • liveth
  • loveth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →