-st

Bedeutung (Englisch)

appended to the stem of a verb, this suffix yields a verbal noun; it is similar in function to the Dutch suffix -ing

Konzepte

-st

am -sten

Übersetzungen

most

-est

plus

più

mais

más

Etymologie (Englisch)

From Proto-Germanic *-þiz. The -s- is the result of a wrong segmentation of stem and suffix of a noun in cases where the stem of the noun ended with -s-. For example: a word like Dutch vorst (“frost”) could be interpreted as vors+t or as vor+st. This suffix existed already in Gothic (𐌰𐌽𐍃𐍄𐍃 (ansts), from *𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (*unnan)).