•forms nouns and adjectives implying relation or association · forms nouns and adjectives indicating possession of or having a property or quality · forms feminine nouns and adjectives
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -am Old French -e French -e Inherited from Old French -e, from Latin -am, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-keh₂der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kāˀ Proto-Slavic *-ъka Old Polish -ka Polish -ka Inherited from Old Polish -ka.
köken: Calque of English -ess with -а (-a), in turn from Middle English -esse, borrowed from Old French -esse, from Late Latin -issa, from Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa).
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *-inī Proto-West Germanic *-ini Old High German -in Middle High German -in German -inder. Esperanto -ino From German -in.
bovo (“head of cattle, bull”) + -ino → bovino (“cow”)
köken: From Proto-Brythonic *-es, from Late Latin -issa. Cognate with Cornish and Welsh -es.
kazh (“tomcat”) + -ez → kazhez (“female cat”)
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cmn女-, 母-
Etimoloji
* For the relational suffix, borrowed from Sanskrit -ঈয় (-īẏa), from Proto-Indo-European *-iHyos. * For the possessive suffix, borrowed from Sanskrit -ঈ (-ī), nominative singular of -इन् (-in). * For the feminine suffix, borrowed from Sanskrit -ঈ (-ī), from Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂. The first two uses were reinforced by Prakrit -𑀇𑀅 (-ia), from Sanskrit -ইক (-ika), from Proto-Indo-European…