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-n

suffix

Etymology

From Middle English -n, -en, from Old English -n, -en and Old Norse -inn, both from Proto-Germanic *-anaz, *-inaz, past participle ending of strong verbs. Cognate with Dutch -en, German -en, Swedish -en, Icelandic -inn.

  1. inherited from *-anaz✻
  2. derived from -inn
  3. inherited from -n
  4. inherited from -n

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of -en.

    • silver + -n → silvern

  2. Alternative form of -an, adjective or noun suffix meaning "of or pertaining to", used…

    Alternative form of -an, adjective or noun suffix meaning "of or pertaining to", used with words which already end in a.

    • Java + -n → Javan
    • Burma + -n → Burman
    • Minnesota + -n → Minnesotan

  3. Alternative form of -en (past participle ending).

    • grow + -n → grown
    • show + -n → shown
    • slow + -n → slown

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for -n. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA