Where does “-o” come from?

-o (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish -u, from Old Norse -u — Forms the.

-o (Swedish): Suffix that gives a familiar, and to some extent...

Definitions

  1. Suffix that gives a familiar, and to some extent...

Ancestry of “-o”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedish-u—
2Old Norse-uForms the

Words derived from “-o”

Every word from Old Norse -u →Every word from Old Swedish -u →
-o — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer