Where does “-niz” come from?

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

-niz (Proto-Germanic): Forms abstract nouns from verbal roots and stems

Definitions

  1. Forms abstract nouns from verbal roots and stems

Ancestry of “-niz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European-nis—

Words derived from “-niz”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nis →