-ill
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Middle English[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-ill
- Alternative form of -el (“agentive suffix”)
Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *-ilaz (agent suffix) and *-ilaz (diminutive suffix). Certain loanwords may be analyzed as having this suffix.
Suffix[edit]
-ill (weak feminine -la)
- forms agent nouns
- forms diminutive nouns
Declension[edit]
Declension of -ill (strong a-stem)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Icelandic: -ill