Where does “Swäkte” come from?
Swäkte (Saterland Frisian) comes from Saterland Frisian -te, from Old Frisian -te, from Proto-Germanic -iþō, from Proto-Indo-European -iteh₂ — -th.
Swäkte (Saterland Frisian): weakness
Ancestry of “Swäkte”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Saterland Frisian | -te | Forms abstract nouns from verbs, adjectives, or... |
| 2 | Old Frisian | -te | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -iþō | -ness, -th |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -iteh₂ | -th |