Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *-snō (*-asnō, *-isnō, *-usnō), from Proto-Indo-European *-sneh₂.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-sn

  1. Forms feminine ō-stem nouns denoting a tool or instrument.

Usage notes

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The exact form of this suffix is influenced by the stem of the word it is attached to: thus it manifests as -esn when attached to an a-stem as in lybesn.

Declension

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Derived terms

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