Where does “-o” come from?

-o (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-Germanic -ô, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

-o (Old Saxon): Forms adverbs from adjectives; used to form...

Definitions

  1. Forms adverbs from adjectives; used to form...

Ancestry of “-o”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic-ô-ly; Forms agent nouns, often from the zero-grade...
2Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

Words derived from “-o”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →Every word from Proto-Germanic -ô →