-gen

Norwegian

suffix

Definitions

forming adjectives
forming nouns

Etymology

Derived from French -gène derived from Ancient Greek -γενής (producer of, born of, of a kind, kind, offspring, born in a certain place condition).

Origin

Ancient Greek

-γενής

Gloss

producer of, born of, of a kind, kind, offspring, born in a certain place condition

Concept

Semantic Field

Cognition

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

-gen English
-genic English
-geeninen Finnish
-geno Italian
-geen Dutch, Flemish
-gène French
-geno Spanish, Castilian
-γενής Ancient Greek
γένος Ancient Greek
*ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European
-geno Portuguese
-gen Norwegian Nynorsk
-gin Irish
-γενής Greek (modern)
gainithir Old Irish