Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-mō

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

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *-mô, from Proto-Indo-European *-mō.

Suffix

*-mō m

(rare) Forms abstract nouns from verbs, denoting a quality, state, or instrument.

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*-mō
Genitive	-mini, -man
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*-mō	*-man
Accusative	*-man	*-man
Genitive	-mini, -man	*-manō
Dative	-mini, -man	*-mum
Instrumental	-mini, -man	*-mum

Derived terms

Proto-West Germanic terms suffixed with *-mō

Descendants

Old Frisian: -ma
- West Frisian: -me, -tme (literary)
Old High German: -mo, -amo, -emo