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Where does “-ô” come from?

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

-ô (Proto-Germanic): -ly; Forms agent nouns, often from the zero-grade...

Definitions

  1. -ly; Forms agent nouns, often from the zero-grade...

Ancestry of “-ô”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

Words derived from “-ô”

  • mad
  • playful
  • madman
  • playfully
  • Herzegovina
  • playfulness
  • madhouse
  • madwoman
  • hake
  • webster
  • Herzegovinian
  • madstone
  • unplayful
  • maddish
  • heretoga
  • hefeweizen
  • Herzegovinan
  • bemad
  • unmad
  • madwort
  • madbrained
  • unplayfully
  • madling
  • nonplayful
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