Where does “-te” come from?

-te (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-Germanic -iþō, from Proto-Indo-European -iteh₂ — -th.

Ancestry of “-te”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic-iþō-ness, -th
2Proto-Indo-European-iteh₂-th

Words derived from “-te”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iteh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic -iþō →