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Where does “ait(t)rīn” come from?

ait(t)rīn (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-West Germanic -īn, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

ait(t)rīn (Proto-West Germanic): poisonous

Definitions

  1. poisonous

Ancestry of “ait(t)rīn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic-īnCreates adjectives from nouns with the sense...
2Proto-Germanic-īnaz-en
3Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
4Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

Words derived from “ait(t)rīn”

  • attern
  • attern
  • ættern
  • ǣtren
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