-ill
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