Where does “-īniz” come from?

-īniz (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic -niz, from Proto-Indo-European -nis.

-īniz (Proto-Germanic): Forms abstract nouns from weak class 1 verbs

Definitions

  1. Forms abstract nouns from weak class 1 verbs

Ancestry of “-īniz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic-nizForms abstract nouns from verbal roots and stems
2Proto-Indo-European-nis—

Words derived from “-īniz”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nis →Every word from Proto-Germanic -niz →