-els
Old English
suffix
Definitions
- (masculine suffix for inanimate objects) suffix creating nouns from verbs
Etymology
Inherited from *-islī.
Origin
*-islī
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- crow English
- scare English
- scarecrow English
- scarecrowish English
- scarecrowlike English
- scarecrowy English
- -sel German
- -else Old English
- scȳn Old English
- *-islī gmw-pro
- -isli Old Dutch
- -isli Old Saxon