-ende

Etymology

From Dutch -ende.

Suffix

-ende

1. equivalent of English -ing; suffix for present participle terms

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *-andz.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *-dô, cognate with English -th. The -n- is generalized from those stems that ended in -n originally, e.g. ti-ende from *tehun-dô.

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *-andz.

Suffix

-ende

1. equivalent of English -ing; suffix for present participles and adjectives
2. equivalent of English -th, -eth; suffix for ordinal numbers

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /en.de/

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *-andī, from Proto-Germanic *-andz. Akin to Latin -āns, -ēns; Ancient Greek -ων (-ōn), Persian ـنده (-ande).

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *-andiją. Compare Old Norse -indi.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Further reading

• Joseph Bosworth (1898) Thomas Northcote Toller, editor, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, s.v. “-ende”, page 250/2

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *-andz.

Suffix

-ende

1. equivalent of English -ing; suffix for present participles (used with verbs that do not end with an unstressed -a in the infinitive)

Anagrams

• Eden, eden