Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-mô

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.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From a conflation of Proto-Indo-European *-mō and *-mn̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔːː/

Suffix

*-mô m

1. (rare) -ness. Forms abstract nouns from verbs, denoting a quality, state, or instrument.

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *-mô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*-mô	*-maniz
vocative	*-mô	*-maniz
accusative	*-manų	*-manunz
genitive	*-miniz	*-manǫ̂
dative	*-mini	*-mammaz
instrumental	*-minē	*-mammiz

Derived terms

Proto-Germanic terms suffixed with *-mô

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *-mō
  • Old Frisian: -ma
    • West Frisian: -me, -tme (literary)
  • Old Saxon: -mo
  • Old High German: -mo, -amo, -emo
• Old East Norse: -mi
  • Old Danish: -mæ
    • Danish: -me (not productive)
  • Old Swedish: -me
    • Swedish: -ma (not productive)
• Gothic: -𐌼𐌰 (-ma, in 𐌰𐌷𐌼𐌰 (ahma))