Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-gaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

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From Proto-Indo-European *-kos, *-ḱos. Cognates include Latin -cus, Ancient Greek -κός (-kós), Sanskrit -शस (-śasa), -कस (-kasa) and Old Church Slavonic -ъкъ (-ŭkŭ).

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*-gaz

  1. -y; forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a sense of 'being, having, or doing'.

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This suffix is attached to the full stem of the preceding word, creating the variants *-agaz (for a-stems), *-īgaz or *-igaz (for i-stems), *-ugaz (for u-stems) and so on.

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