-ettan
Old English
suffix
Definitions
- verbal suffix denoting frequency or intensification
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *-atjaną.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*-atjaną
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -ization English
- -ize English
- -izer English
- cyberize English
- deendothelialized English
- detraditionalize English
- fidget English
- hectocotylized English
- lichenized English
- selectorized English
- -iser French
- -oyer French
- *-atjaną Proto-Germanic
- *-ten Middle English
- -isen Middle English
- -oiier Old French
- -isasi Indonesian
- -izar Ido