-th
English
/-θ/
suffix
Definitions
- (no longer productive) Used to form nouns from verbs of action.
- (no longer productive) Used to form nouns from adjectives.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English -th inherited from Old English -þ (-ness, -th) inherited from Proto-Germanic *-iþō inherited from Proto-Indo-European *-iteh₂.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*-iteh₂
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -itās Latin
- -de German
- -ität German
- -te Dutch, Flemish
- -ité French
- *-(i)teh₂, *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *-iteh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *-iþō Proto-Germanic
- -þ Old English
- -þu Old English
- -th Middle English
- -d Old Norse
- -ð Old Norse
- -itate Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- -ede Middle Dutch
- -ida Old High German
- -ede Middle High German
- -t Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- -𐌹𐌸𐌰 Gothic
- -itha Old Dutch
- -ede Middle Low German
- -itha Old Saxon
- -te Old Frisian
- -de Low German
- -itate Interlingua