-ten
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ten"
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *-t'ën. Related to Karelian -ten and Veps -te. Originally from an instructive form, probably by analogy of instructive forms of the second infinitive forms of verbs (such as arvata > arvaten, whence arvatenkin with an additional clitic).
Suffix
-ten
- Forms causative adverbs.
Derived terms
Finnish terms suffixed with -ten
Anagrams
Japanese
Romanization
-ten
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English -ettan, from Proto-West Germanic *-attjan and *-ittjan.
Suffix
-ten
- (rare) used to form verbs from nouns or adjectives, similar to English -ize
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Suffix
-ten
- alternative form of -tene
Turkish
Suffix
-ten
- Assimilated form of -den after the vowels E / İ / Ö / Ü.