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Old English · suffix

-ettan

Part of speech
suffix
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/et.tɑn/
Syllables
et · tɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
-etbotchfidgethauntspoutyeetcausativeate

Meaning

  1. used to form verbs from nouns or adjectives (compare English -ate, -ize), frequently having a causative force.

    bōt (“remedy, cure”) + -ettan → bōtettan (“to remedy, cure”)

  2. verbal suffix denoting frequency or intensification

    blīcan (“to shine”) + -ettan → blīcettan (“to glitter”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of -ettan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular -ette-ette
2nd singular -etst-ettest
3rd singular -ett-et-ette
Plural -ettaþ-etton
Subjunctive
Singular -ette-ette
Plural -etten-etten
Non-finite forms of -ettan
Form
Infinitive -ettan
Inflected infinitive -ettenne
Imperative singular -ete
Imperative plural -ettaþ
Present participle -ettende
Past participle -eted-ett-et

All forms (13)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *-attjan, *-ittjan, *-uttjan, from Proto-Germanic *-atjaną, *-itjaną, *-utjaną (verbal suffix). Related to English -ise.

Descendants

-et, botch, fidget, grunt, haunt, spout, yeet

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