-ge

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Particle

-ge

1. also, too
2. even
3. moreover
4. (with negative verb) nor

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Old English

Alternative forms

• -gēa

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gawją, *gawjō, *gawô (“country, region, environment”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *ghaw- (“wasteland, area surrounding a thorp”). Akin to (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Saxon -gā, -gō (“district”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Dutch -gauua, -gō, -gōie (“region”).

Suffix

-ġē f

1. Suffix used to denote a region or territory

   ǣlġē (“eel-country”)

2. Suffix used in placenames meaning region of, or district of

   Sūþrīeġ, Sūþrīġe (“Surrey", lit. "Southerly District”)

   Scōnīeġ, Scōnēġ (“Skaane”)

Descendants

• -y, -ey found in some English placenames