-ich
GermanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Principally from Latin -iacum, itself from Celtic. 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.
PronunciationEdit
SuffixEdit
-ich
- Placename suffix found in the Rhineland.
Related termsEdit
Middle DutchEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Dutch -ig, from Proto-West Germanic *-g, from Proto-Germanic *-īgaz, *-agaz, *-ugaz.
SuffixEdit
-ich
- -y; forms adjectives from nouns.
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Dutch: -ig
Middle EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
SuffixEdit
-ich
- Alternative form of -yssh
Etymology 2Edit
SuffixEdit
-ich
- Alternative form of -y (“-y”)
Pennsylvania GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
SuffixEdit
-ich
- (adjectival) -y
Saterland FrisianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Frisian -ich, from Proto-Germanic *-īgaz, variant of *-gaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos. Compare German and Dutch -ig, English -y.
SuffixEdit
-ich
Scottish GaelicEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- -aich (broad version)
EtymologyEdit
From Old Irish -igidir (whence also Irish -igh), originally a denominative verb formative, from Proto-Celtic *-sagyetor; compare Welsh -hau.
SuffixEdit
-ich
- Suffix used to form verbs; semi-productive in Scottish Gaelic.
ConjugationEdit
- Participles
| Tense \ Voice | Active | Passive |
|---|---|---|
| Present | a' -igh | -- |
| Past | -ich | -icheadh |
| Future | -ichidh | -ichear |
| Conditional | -icheadh | -ichteadh |
Derived termsEdit
West FrisianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Frisian -ich, from Proto-Germanic *-īgaz, variant of *-gaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos.
SuffixEdit
-ich
Further readingEdit
- “-ich”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011