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Where does “-iþu” come from?

-iþu (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic -iþō, from Proto-Indo-European -iteh₂ — -th.

-iþu (Proto-West Germanic): Forms abstract nouns from verbs, adjectives or...

Definitions

  1. Forms abstract nouns from verbs, adjectives or...

Ancestry of “-iþu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic-iþō-ness, -th
2Proto-Indo-European-iteh₂-th

Words derived from “-iþu”

  • strength
  • wealth
  • warmth
  • strengthen
  • wrath
  • strengthening
  • commonwealth
  • filth
  • feud
  • wrathful
  • wrathfully
  • bridewealth
  • strengtheneth
  • wrasse
  • strengthener
  • understrength
  • wrathy
  • overstrength
  • wrathfulness
  • feudist
  • superstrength
  • restrengthen
  • commonwealthsman
  • wrathily
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iteh₂ →