-ich

== German == === Alternative forms === -ig (e.g. Sinzig from Sentiacum) === Etymology === 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 === IPA(key): /ɪç/ === Suffix === -ich Placename suffix found in the Rhineland. ==== Related terms ==== == Middle Dutch == === Alternative forms === -ech === Etymology === From Old Dutch -ig, from Proto-West Germanic *-g, from Proto-Germanic *-īgaz, *-agaz, *-ugaz. === Suffix === -ich -y; forms adjectives from nouns. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: -ig == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Suffix ==== -ich alternative form of -yssh === Etymology 2 === ==== Suffix ==== -ich alternative form of -y (“-y”) == Pennsylvania German == === Etymology === 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 === -ich (adjectival) -y == Polish == === Etymology === From -i- +‎ -ch. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ix/ Rhymes: -ix Syllabification: -ich === Suffix === -ich m pers synonym of -ch ‎żenić + ‎-ich → ‎żenich ‎budzić + ‎-ich → ‎Budzich ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == Saterland Frisian == === Etymology === From Old Frisian -ich, from Proto-Germanic *-īgaz, variant of *-gaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos. Compare German and Dutch -ig, English -y. === Suffix === -ich -y == Scottish Gaelic == === Alternative forms === -aich (broad version) === Etymology === From Old Irish -igidir (whence also Irish -igh), originally a denominative verb formative, from Proto-Celtic *-sagyetor; compare Welsh -hau. === Suffix === -ich Suffix used to form verbs; semi-productive in Scottish Gaelic. ==== Conjugation ==== Participles ==== Derived terms ==== == West Frisian == === Etymology === From Old Frisian -ich, from Proto-Germanic *-īgaz, variant of *-gaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos. === Suffix === -ich -y ==== Further reading ==== “-ich”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011