Reconstruction talk:Proto-Germanic/-iz

In sense 3, *-ijaz?

In sense 3, a very similar suffix appears in the form of *-ijaz.

It is recognised in wiktionary in the entries for *ainaugijaz, for OE -fēte (< *fōtijaz) and OE -hende (< *-handijaz).

As an adjective-forming suffix it is directly comparable to Latin -ius and Ancient Greek -ῐος which are both distinct from i-stem adjectives in -is.

Further, wiktionary acknowledges PIE *-yós, a suffix that creates adjectives from noun stems > Latin -ius, Ancient Greek -ῐος and PGmc -(i)jaz, but has not fully recognised the PGmc end of this.

— David Patrick 50 (talk) 23:41, 11 October 2024 (UTC)