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Where does “-ǭ” come from?

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

Ancestry of “-ǭ”, 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 “-ǭ”

  • born
  • bear
  • bearing
  • borne
  • beer
  • newborn
  • forbearance
  • unborn
  • forbear
  • reborn
  • firstborn
  • bier
  • bearish
  • stillborn
  • beareth
  • bugbear
  • foodborne
  • bearskin
  • forborne
  • freeborn
  • seaborne
  • highborn
  • bere
  • forebear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →