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Where does “-nō-” come from?

-nō- (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European -néh₂-.

Ancestry of “-nō-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European-néh₂-—

Words derived from “-nō-”

  • batten
  • battener
  • battenboard
  • batteneth
  • överlämna
  • lämna
  • lemna
  • återlämna
  • återlämning
  • kvickna
  • livna
  • battenen
  • batnen
  • 𐌱𐌹𐌰𐌿𐌺𐌽𐌰𐌽
  • 𐌰𐌿𐌺𐌽𐌰𐌽
  • 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌽
  • 𐌳𐍂𐍉𐌱𐌽𐌰𐌽
  • -𐌽𐌰𐌽
  • 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌽𐌰𐌽
  • 𐌿𐍃𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌽𐌰𐌽
  • bötnun
  • batna
  • lifnaną
  • dubnaną
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