Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-ōzô
Proto-Germanic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔː.zɔːː/
Adjective
*-ōzô (adverb *-ōz, superlative *-ōstaz)
- -er. Forms the comparative of certain adjectives.
Inflection
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | *-ōzô | *-ōzį̄ | *-ōzô | *-ōzaniz | *-ōzīniz | *-ōzōnō | |
| accusative | *-ōzanų | *-ōzīnų | *-ōzô | *-ōzanunz | *-ōzīnunz | *-ōzōnō | |
| genitive | *-ōziniz | *-ōzīniz | *-ōziniz | *-ōzanǫ̂ | *-ōzīnǫ̂ | *-ōzanǫ̂ | |
| dative | *-ōzini | *-ōzīni | *-ōzini | *-ōzammaz | *-ōzīmaz | *-ōzammaz | |
| instrumental | *-ōzinē | *-ōzīnē | *-ōzinē | *-ōzammiz | *-ōzīmiz | *-ōzammiz | |
Usage notes
This suffix was only used for regular a-stem adjectives, which sometimes used this suffix, but sometimes the related suffix *-izô without any predictable rule. This suffix was never used for i-, u- and ja-stem adjectives.
Derived terms
Proto-Germanic comparative adjectives
Proto-Germanic terms suffixed with *-ōzô