Where does “-te” come from?

-te (Saterland Frisian) comes from Old Frisian -te, from Proto-Germanic -iþō, from Proto-Indo-European -iteh₂ — -th.

-te (Saterland Frisian): Forms abstract nouns from verbs, adjectives, or...

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “-te”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisian-te—
2Proto-Germanic-iþō-ness, -th
3Proto-Indo-European-iteh₂-th

Words derived from “-te”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iteh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic -iþō →Every word from Old Frisian -te →