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”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iteh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic -iþō →