Where does “-u” come from?

-u (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European -wē — or.

-u (Proto-Germanic): Added to the end of a word in a phrase (usually the first word) to make it a question

Definitions

  1. Added to the end of a word in a phrase (usually the first word) to make it a question

Ancestry of “-u”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European-wēor

Words derived from “-u

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wē
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