-ende
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ende"
Afrikaans
Danish
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *-andz.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *-dô, cognate with English -th. The -n- is generalized from those stems that ended in -n originally, e.g. ti-ende from *tehun-dô.
Suffix
-ende
- forms ordinal numbers from cardinal numbers
Norwegian
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *-andz.
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /en.de/
Etymology 1
From Proto-West Germanic *-andī, from Proto-Germanic *-andz. Akin to Latin -āns, -ēns; Ancient Greek -ων (-ōn), Persian ـنده (-ande).
Suffix
-ende
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *-andiją. Compare Old Norse -indi.
Suffix
-ende
- used to form neuter nouns
- swǣsende ― food, victuals, flattery, blandishment
Usage notes
- Frequently used in the plural -endu.
Declension
Derived terms
Old English terms suffixed with -ende
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Further reading
- Joseph Bosworth (1898) Thomas Northcote Toller, editor, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, s.v. “-ende”, page 250/2
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