-hood

Εννοια (English)

1. A substantive suffix denoting a condition or state of being.
2. A substantive suffix denoting a group sharing a specified condition or state.

Synonyms

-ness

hood

-ity

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/hʊd/

Ετυμολογία (English)

Inherited from Μέσα Αγγλικά: -hod

Inherited from Παλαιά Αγγλικά: -hād

Cognate with Γερμανικά: -heit

Cognate with Ολλανδικά: -heid

Cognate with Αφρικάανς: -heid

Cognate with Σουηδικά: -het

Cognate with Elfdalian: -iet

Cognate with Νορβηγικά Μποκμάλ: -het

Cognate with Νορβηγικά Νινόρσκ: -heit

Cognate with Δανικά: -hed

In summary

From Middle English -hod, from Old English -hād, from Proto-Germanic *haiduz (compare -head).
Cognate with German -heit, -keit, Dutch -heid, Afrikaans -heid, Swedish -het, Elfdalian -iet, Norwegian Bokmål -het, Norwegian Nynorsk -heit, Danish -hed. The Swedish, Elfdalian, Norwegian and Danish endings were borrowed from Middle Low German.