Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-ōzô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔː.zɔːː/

Adjective

*-ōzô (adverb *-ōz, superlative *-ōstaz)

-er. Forms the comparative of certain adjectives.

Inflection

Declension of *-ōzô (an/īn-stem)

Case	Masculine		Feminine		Neuter
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*-ōzô	*-ōzaniz	*-ōzį̄	*-ōzīniz	*-ōzô	*-ōzōnō
Accusative	*-ōzanų	*-ōzanunz	*-ōzīnų	*-ōzīnunz	*-ōzô	*-ōzōnō
Genitive	*-ōziniz	*-ōzanǫ̂	*-ōzīniz	*-ōzīnǫ̂	*-ōziniz	*-ōzanǫ̂
Dative	*-ōzini	*-ōzammaz	*-ōzīni	*-ōzīmaz	*-ōzini	*-ōzammaz
Instrumental	*-ōzinē	*-ōzammiz	*-ōzīnē	*-ōzīmiz	*-ōzinē	*-ōzammiz

Usage notes

This suffix was only used for regular a-stem adjectives, which sometimes used this suffix, but sometimes the related suffix *-izô without any predictable rule. This suffix was never used for i-, u- and ja-stem adjectives.

Derived terms

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Descendants

Old English: -ora
- English: -er
Old Frisian: -ora
- West Frisian: -er
Old Saxon: -oro
Old Dutch: *-oro
- Middle Dutch: -er
  - Dutch: -er
Old High German: -oro
- German: -er
Old Norse: -ari
- Icelandic: -ari
- Faroese: -ari
- Norwegian: -ere
- Swedish: -are
- Danish: -ere
- Westrobothnian: -ane, -änä
Gothic: -𐍉𐌶𐌰 (-ōza)

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