-end
English
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German
Etymology
From Middle High German -ende, from Old High German -enti, -anti, from Proto-West Germanic *-andī, from Proto-Germanic *-andz (present participle ending). Cognate with Dutch -end, Old English -ende. See English -and, -ing for more.
The gerundive use of the present participle goes back to the dative form of the Middle High German infinitive, which was sometimes enhanced with -d- through interaction with the present participle: ze lesene → ze lesende (“to read”). Placed before the noun, this construction was then reinterpreted as actually involving a participle, which lead to grammatical agreement: das zu lesende Buch, and thus by analogy ein zu lesendes Buch (“a book to [be] read”). Compare the etymologically correct construction in Dutch het/een te lezen boek.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ənt/
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Suffix
-end
- A suffix forming the present participle of German verbs, analogous to English -ing.
- Weinend rief sie bei mir an. ― Crying, she called me [on the telephone].
- Die tanzenden Mädchen sind hübsch. ― The dancing girls are pretty.
- Er inseriert die zu vermietende Wohnung. (Gerundive use, cf. etymology above) ― He places an advert for the flat to be let out.
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɛnd]
Suffix
-end
- (instantaneous suffix, rare) Added to a stem to form a verb with an instantaneous meaning.
- (personal suffix, archaic) Added to a verb to form the future tense.
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References
- -end in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
- Kiss, Jenő and Ferenc Pusztai (eds.). A magyar nyelvtörténet kézikönyve (’A Handbook of Hungarian Linguistic History’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2018, page 145, section 3.2., →ISBN
Ojibwe
Final
-end
- act by thought on
- perceive by thought
- feel in the mind
Derived terms
- andawendan (“need, want”)
- ganawendan (“take care of, protect, keep”)
- gikendan (“know, realize, find out”)
- inendam (“think, decide, agree, consent”)
- maamakaadendaagwad (“be amazing, astonishing”)
- maanendam (“feel bad, depressed”)
- minwendam (“be happy, joyous, have a good time”)
References
- The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/word-part/end-final
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *-andi, from Proto-Germanic *-andz, taken from the present participle form of verbs. See -ende.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /end/
Suffix
-end