-else

Swedish

suffix

Definitions

creating nouns from verbs

Etymology

Derived from Old Saxon -isli.

Origin

Old Saxon

-isli

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

-sel Dutch, Flemish
-else Norwegian Bokmål
-else Danish
-sel Middle Dutch
-sel Afrikaans
*-islī gmw-pro
-else Middle Low German
-isli Old Saxon