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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-ist
Proto-Germanic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /-ist/
Suffix
*-ist (adjective *-istaz)
- -est. Forms the superlative of certain adverbs.
Usage notes
This was the normal superlative suffix for all i-, u- and ja-stem adverbs. The regular a-stem adverbs sometimes used this suffix, and sometimes the related suffix *-ōst without any predictable rule.Proto-Germanic superlative adverbs
Derived terms
Proto-Germanic superlative adverbs
Descendants
This suffix probably became unproductive, largely being a relic in the few words it existed.
- Old English: -est, -st
- Middle English: -est
- English: -st
- Old Frisian: -ist
- Old Dutch: -ist
- Middle Dutch: -st
- Dutch: -st
- Middle Dutch: -st
- Old High German: -ist
- German: -st
- Old Norse: -st
- Icelandic: -st
- Faroese: -st
- Gothic: -𐌹𐍃𐍄 (-ist)