used to form a third-declension feminine abstract noun designating the result of an action from a verb root or conceived root form
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
[eːs]
Etymologie (Engels)
From Proto-Italic *-ēi(s), from Proto-Indo-European *-ḗy, a hysterokinetic *-ey-stem suffix only otherwise found in words like Hittite [script needed] (utnē).