Where does “-il” come from?

-il (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-Germanic -ilaz, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

Ancestry of “-il”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic-ilazagent suffix; diminutive suffix
2Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “-il”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Proto-Germanic -ilaz →