-nesse

== English == === Suffix === -nesse Obsolete spelling of -ness. == Middle English == === Alternative forms === -ness, -nes, -nece, -nesce, -nisse, -nis, -næse, -næs, -nez === Etymology === From the oblique forms of Old English -nes, from Proto-West Germanic *-nassī, from Proto-Germanic *-inassuz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /-nɛs(ə)/ === Suffix === -nesse (plural -nessen or -nesses) Affixed to adjectives to form abstract nouns which denote a quality, state or condition. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: -ness Scots: -nes ==== See also ==== -hede === References === “-nes(se, suf.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 9 April 2018. == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nes.se/ === Suffix === -nesse inflection of -nes: accusative/genitive/dative singular nominative/accusative plural