Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-iz
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Proto-Germanic[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
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Suffix[edit]
*-iz (adjective *-izô)
- -er. Forms the comparative of certain adverbs.
Usage notes[edit]
This was the normal comparative suffix for all i-, u- and ja-stem adverbs. The regular a-stem adverbs sometimes used this suffix, and sometimes the related suffix *-ōz without any predictable rule.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Most of these descendants eventually replaced the suffix with the equivalent from the adjectives, because the older adverbial suffix was no longer distinctive after the loss of final *-iz.
- Old English: -
- English: -er
- Old Frisian: -
- West Frisian: -er
- Old Saxon: -
- Old Dutch: -
- Middle Dutch: -
- Dutch: -er
- Middle Dutch: -
- Old High German: -
- German: -er
- Old Norse: -r
- Gothic: -𐌹𐍃 (-is)
Etymology 2[edit]
Suffix[edit]
*-iz
- Forms vṛddhi gerundives from verbal roots.