-isc
Middle English edit
Suffix edit
-isc
- Alternative form of -yssh
Old English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-West Germanic *-isk.
Suffix edit
-isċ
- of or relating to: -ish
Usage notes edit
- Replaces Latin -icus in loanwords.
- Almost the only suffix used to form adjectives meaning "of some ethnic group or nationality": Frīsa (“a Frisian”) → Frīsisċ (“Frisian”). Other examples include Āfricānisċ (“African”), Arabisċ (“Arabian”), Assyrisċ (“Assyrian”), Brettisċ (“British”), Centisċ (“Kentish”), Crēċisċ (“Greek”), Denisċ (“Danish”), Egyptisċ (“Egyptian”), Englisċ (“English”), Fēnisċ (“Phoenician”), Frenċisċ (“French/Frankish”), Gotisċ (“Gothic”), Indisċ (“Indian”), Iūdēisċ (“Jewish”), Ispānisċ (“Spanish”), Isrāēlisċ (“Israelite”), Langbeardisċ (“Lombardic”), Mæcedonisċ (“Macedonian”), Mierċisċ (“Mercian”), Norþanhymbrisċ (“Northumbrian”), Persisċ (“Persian”), Pihtisċ (“Pictish”), Rōmānisċ (“Roman”), Samaritānisċ (“Samaritan”), Sċyttisċ (“Scottish”), *Seaxisċ (“Saxon”), Sicilisċ (“Sicilian”), Syrisċ (“Syrian”), Troiānisċ (“Trojan”), and wīelisċ (“Welsh”). The word for "Ethiopian," Siġelhearwen, is a rare exception to this pattern.
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Germanic *-iską, *-iskiją.
Alternative forms edit
Suffix edit
-isċ
- suffix forming nouns with a collective or group force
Declension edit
Declension of -isc (strong a-stem)
Derived terms edit
Old High German edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *-isk.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-isc
Derived terms edit
Category Old High German terms suffixed with -isc not found