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-ich

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See also: ich, Ich, ICH, ích, ịch, and -ich-

German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Principally from Latin -iacum, itself from Celtic (compare *-ākos). However, other names were sometimes adapted to the suffix, as in Limperich (now a district of Bonn), which goes back to Middle High German Lintberg.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-ich

  1. Placename suffix found in the Rhineland.
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Middle Dutch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch -ig, from Proto-West Germanic *-g, from Proto-Germanic *-īgaz, *-agaz, *-ugaz.

Suffix

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-ich

  1. -y; forms adjectives from nouns.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Dutch: -ig

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Suffix

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-ich

  1. Alternative form of -yssh

Etymology 2

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Suffix

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-ich

  1. Alternative form of -y (-y)

Pennsylvania German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German -ec, -ic, from Old High German -ig, from Proto-Germanic *-gaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos. Compare German -ig, Dutch -ig, English -y, Swedish -ig.

Suffix

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-ich

  1. (adjectival) -y

Polish

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ix/
  • Rhymes: -ix
  • Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

Suffix

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-ich m pers

  1. Alternative form of -ch
    żenić + ‎-ich → ‎żenich
    budzić + ‎-ich → ‎Budzich

Declension

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Saterland Frisian

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian -ich, from Proto-Germanic *-īgaz, variant of *-gaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos. Compare German and Dutch -ig, English -y.

Suffix

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-ich

  1. -y

Scottish Gaelic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish -igidir (whence also Irish -igh), originally a denominative verb formative, from Proto-Celtic *-sagyetor; compare Welsh -hau.

Suffix

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-ich

  1. Suffix used to form verbs; semi-productive in Scottish Gaelic.

Conjugation

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Participles

Derived terms

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West Frisian

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian -ich, from Proto-Germanic *-īgaz, variant of *-gaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos.

Suffix

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-ich

  1. -y

Further reading

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  • -ich”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011