Used to form regular plurals of nouns that end in certain suffixes or syllables, such as -el, -er, -en, -em, -eur, -aar, -aard, diminutive -je, etc. · Used to form irregular plurals of many other nouns, chiefly of foreign origin.
köken: Unknown. Not present in Old Dutch, which used -a from Proto-Germanic *-ōz as the plural ending. Possibly spread from Middle Low German -s, -es, from Old Saxon -os, -as, from Proto-Germanic *-ōs. Further etymology is unknown, but cognate with Old English -as (English -s).
from · in, inside, at, on · Marks the nominative case.
köken: From Middle Korean -에〮셔〮 (Yale: -éy-syé), equivalent to -에 (-e) + -서 (-seo). Compare -어서 (-eoseo), -면서 (-myeonseo). The second element is from the infinitive of the verb 이시다〮 (Yale: ìsìtá, “to be at”).
Used to form genitive phrases, attached to the last word in a noun phrase.
köken: Inherited from Old Swedish -s, from Old Norse -s, originally the genitive singular ending of a-stem nouns. Cognate with Danish -s. The frequent use of the suffix in written and modern colloquial Swedish is possibly the result of foreign influence, either Latin or Middle Low German.
than (used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison) · synonym of zanim (“before”)
köken: Etymology tree Polish a Proto-Indo-European *ney Proto-Balto-Slavic *nei Proto-Slavic *ni Polish ni Proto-Indo-European *ís Proto-Balto-Slavic *is Proto-Slavic *jь Proto-Indo-European *gʰe Proto-Balto-Slavic *ge Proto-Slavic *že Proto-Slavic *jь že Old Polish że Polish że Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *lei Proto-Slavic *li Old Polish li Polish li univ. Polish aniżeli…
köken: Borrowed from Classical Persian ـِ (ezafe), from Middle Persian Y (ī), from Proto-Iranian *Hyáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyás, from Proto-Indo-European *Hyós (relative pronoun). Doublet of जो (jo).
suffix deriving possessive adjectives from nouns of feminine gender, usually from proper and common personal nouns, sometimes also from nouns referring to animals
köken: Inherited from Old Czech -in, from Proto-Slavic *-inъ.
Latinceab, de, dē, ex, in classical Latin, in medieval Latin /ˈab/
from, away from, out of · down from · (source of action or event) by, by means of
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin ab From Proto-Italic *ap, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”). The reconstruction of the Proto-Italic form is somewhat uncertain, as it's not clear when or how the final vowel of the PIE form was lost. The voicing of the final consonant to -b can be interpreted as an…
Gallos ab Aquitanis Garumna flumen, a Belgis Matrona et Sequana dividit.