-ich
German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Suffix edit
-ich
- Placename suffix found in the Rhineland.
Related terms edit
- Altrich
- Bertrich
- Bessenich
- Dieblich
- Disternich
- Elvenich
- Emmerich
- Endenich
- Firmenich
- Fischenich
- Füssenich
- Gevenich
- Gürzenich
- Gymnich
- Jülich
- Kärlich
- Keldenich
- Kendenich
- Kessenich
- Kesternich
- Kirspenich
- Lechenich
- Lessenich
- Limperich
- Linnich
- Linzenich
- Lobberich
- Lövenich
- Mechernich
- Mengenich
- Merzenich
- Mesenich
- Metternich
- Morschenich
- Mützenich
- Nemmenich
- Nickenich
- Nörvenich
- Setterich
- Sevenich
- Sinzenich
- Stetternich
- Türnich
- Ülpenich
- Vernich
- Zieverich
- Zülpich
Middle Dutch edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Dutch -ig, from Proto-West Germanic *-g, from Proto-Germanic *-īgaz, *-agaz, *-ugaz.
Suffix edit
-ich
- -y; forms adjectives from nouns.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Dutch: -ig
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Suffix edit
-ich
- Alternative form of -yssh
Etymology 2 edit
Suffix edit
-ich
- Alternative form of -y (“-y”)
Pennsylvania German edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
-ich
- (adjectival) -y
Saterland Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Frisian -ich, from Proto-Germanic *-īgaz, variant of *-gaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos. Compare German and Dutch -ig, English -y.
Suffix edit
-ich
Scottish Gaelic edit
Alternative forms edit
- -aich (broad version)
Etymology edit
From Old Irish -igidir (whence also Irish -igh), originally a denominative verb formative, from Proto-Celtic *-sagyetor; compare Welsh -hau.
Suffix edit
-ich
- Suffix used to form verbs; semi-productive in Scottish Gaelic.
Conjugation edit
- Participles
| Tense \ Voice | Active | Passive |
|---|---|---|
| Present | a' -igh | -- |
| Past | -ich | -icheadh |
| Future | -ichidh | -ichear |
| Conditional | -icheadh | -ichteadh |
Derived terms edit
West Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Frisian -ich, from Proto-Germanic *-īgaz, variant of *-gaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos.
Suffix edit
-ich
Further reading edit
- “-ich”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011