-näs

=Old Naukl=

Etymology
From Proto-Naukl *-enas (“present particple”).

Suffix

 * -näs
 * 1) Derives the present participle from verbs
 * 2) *wäbuqtä (“to differ”) > *wäbuqnäs (“differing, different”)
 * 3) *jäʟehetä (to grow”) > *jäʟehenäs (“growing”)
 * 4) *uštä (“to hoist, to struggle”) > *ušnäs (“hoisting, struggling”)

Descendants

 * Middle Naukl: -nš (“present participle”)
 * Naukl: -nš (“present participle”)
 * Jyztrees: -ns (“present participle”)