A suffix forming the present participle of German verbs, analogous to English -ing.
köken: From Middle High German -ende, from Old High German -enti, -anti, from Proto-West Germanic *-andī, from Proto-Germanic *-andz (present participle ending). Cognate with Dutch -end, Old English -ende. See English -and, -ing for more. The gerundive use of the present participle goes back to the dative form of the Middle High German infinitive, which was sometimes enhanced with -d- through…
-ing; suffix denoting the gerund and present participle of a verb
köken: Inherited from Old French -ant, from a merger of Latin -antem, -entem (present participle suffix) with Latin -andum, -endum (gerundive suffix). Compare Italian -ante, -ando; Spanish -ante, -ando.
Forms the present active participle of a verb, which is normally used like an adjective. The English equivalent is normally -ing, but sometimes also -ish. · Forms an adjective from a noun.
köken: From Proto-Finnic *-pa, from Proto-Uralic *-pa. In the participial sense, the Finnish form descends from the weak-grade variant *-ba, which was eventually extended by analogy to all verbs. The original strong grade remains as -pa in a few words (e.g. syöpä, käypä, kaikkivoipa), but these have lost their verbal meaning. The adjective ending has also been generalized to its weak form (*-ba) through…
kirjoittaa (“to write”) + -va → kirjoittava (“writing, that writes”)
force; strength; power; vigour. · power: product of equal factors. · power: rate of doing work.
köken: Borrowed from Middle Khmer kuṃlāṃṅa (“strength; vigour; brawn; force; power; might; energy; clients; dependents; servants; helper; aid; ally”), Angkorian Old Khmer kanlāṅ, kanlaṅ (“strength; force; power; one who is strong or powerful”), or Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer kanlaṅ, kanlāṅ (“strength; force; power; one who is strong or powerful”); compare Modern Khmer កម្លាំង (kɑmlang). Cognate with Lao…