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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-mô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From a conflation of Proto-Indo-European *-mō and *-mn̥.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɔːː/

Suffix

*-mô m

  1. (rare) -ness. Forms abstract nouns from verbs, denoting a quality, state, or instrument.

Inflection
masculine an-stemDeclension of *-mô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *-mô *-maniz
vocative *-mô *-maniz
accusative *-manų *-manunz
genitive *-miniz *-manǫ̂
dative *-mini *-mammaz
instrumental *-minē *-mammiz

Derived terms
Proto-Germanic terms suffixed with *-mô

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *-mō
    • Old Frisian: -ma
      • West Frisian: -me, -tme (literary)
    • Old Saxon: -mo
    • Old High German: -mo, -amo, -emo
  • Old East Norse: -mi
    • Old Danish: -mæ
      • Danish: -me (not productive)
    • Old Swedish: -me
      • Swedish: -ma (not productive)
  • Gothic: -𐌼𐌰 (-ma, in 𐌰𐌷𐌼𐌰 (ahma))
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