Where does “-uma” come from?

-uma (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic -umô, from Proto-Indo-European -m̥Hon-, from Proto-Indo-European -mHo-.

-uma (Old English): used to form the superlative of Old English...

Definitions

  1. used to form the superlative of Old English...

Ancestry of “-uma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic-umôForms comparative or superlative adjectives
2Proto-Indo-European-m̥Hon-—
3Proto-Indo-European-mHo-—

Words derived from “-uma”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mHo- →Every word from Proto-Germanic -umô →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -m̥Hon- →
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