-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

  1. Forms causative adverbs.

Derived terms

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

-ten

  1. Rōmaji transcription of てん

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English -ettan, from Proto-West Germanic *-attjan and *-ittjan.

Suffix

-ten

  1. (rare) used to form verbs from nouns or adjectives, similar to English -ize
Derived terms
Middle English terms suffixed with -ten

Etymology 2

Suffix

-ten

  1. alternative form of -tene

Turkish

Suffix

-ten

  1. Assimilated form of -den after the vowels E / İ / Ö / Ü.