Where does “-ät” come from?

-ät (Volapük) comes from German -ität, from Catalan -itat, from Latin -itās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

-ät (Volapük): An abstract suffix

Definitions

  1. An abstract suffix

Ancestry of “-ät”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1German-ität-ity
2Catalan-itat-ity; -ness
3Latin-itās—
4Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
5Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
6Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “-ät”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós →Every word from Catalan -itat →Every word from German -ität →