Old English · suffix
-oþa
- Part of speech
- suffix
- IPA
- /o.θɑ/[o.ðɑ]
- Syllables
- o · θɑ (2 syllables)
-oþa1 · suffix
Senses
Forms ordinal numbers from twēntigoþa (“20th”) to hundendleftigoþa (“110th”) (and possibly unattested *hundtwelftigoþa (“120th”))
-oþa2 · suffix · inflected form
Senses
genitive plural of -oþ
Inflected form of -oþ
Etymology
Perhaps from a Proto-West Germanic *tegunþ- (“decad”, akin to *tehun "ten") in phrases such as Proto-West Germanic *þriddjō tegunþ- (“the third decad”) which came to be used as ordinals, leading the initial ordinal + *-teg- to be reanalysed as a cardinal number suffixed with *tigiwi (> Old English -tiġ) and the remaining -anþ/-unþ as an ordinal suffix. This was then supplied with *-ō (> Old English -a) like the other ordinals, resulting in a -anþō or -unþō that regularly develops to -oþa. Alternaitvely, a later analogical formation from seofoþa (“seventh”), eahtoþa (“eighth”), nigoþa (“ninth”)…
Descendants
-th
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