Where does “-ī” come from?

-ī (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

-ī (Old High German): -ness

Definitions

  1. -ness

Ancestry of “-ī”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic-ī-ness, -th
2Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
3Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
4Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “-ī”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄ →Every word from Proto-West Germanic -ī →