Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-jō

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *-jô.

Suffix

*-jō m

1. Forms agent nouns from verbs.

   Synonyms: *-ārī, *-ndī, *-þr

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*-jō
Genitive	*-jini, *-jan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*-jō	*-jan
Accusative	*-jan	*-jan
Genitive	*-jini, *-jan	*-janō
Dative	*-jini, *-jan	*-jum
Instrumental	*-jini, *-jan	*-jum

Derived terms

Proto-West Germanic terms suffixed with *-jō

Descendants

• Old English: -a
• Old Frisian: -a
• Old Saxon: -io
• Old Dutch: -o
• Old High German: -o, -eo