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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-mō

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *-mô, from Proto-Indo-European *-mō.

Suffix

*-mō m

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

Inflection

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Derived terms
Proto-West Germanic terms suffixed with *-mō

Descendants
  • Old Frisian: -ma
    • West Frisian: -me, -tme (literary)
  • Old Saxon: -mo
  • Old High German: -mo, -amo, -emo
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