-isc

== Middle English == === Suffix === -isc alternative form of -yssh == Old English == === Alternative forms === -ysċ === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /iʃ/ === Etymology 1 === From Proto-West Germanic *-isk. ==== Suffix ==== -isċ of or relating to: -ish ‎ċild (“child”) + ‎-isc → ‎ċildisċ (“childish”) ‎ielf (“elf”) + ‎-isc → ‎ielfisċ (“elvish”) ‎man (“person”) + ‎-isc → ‎mennisċ (“human”) ‎þēod (“nation”) + ‎-isc → ‎þēodisċ (“national”) ===== Usage notes ===== 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”), Assirisċ (“Assyrian”), Brettisċ (“British”), Centisċ (“Kentish”), Crēċisċ (“Greek”), Denisċ (“Danish”), Egyptisċ (“Egyptian”), Englisċ (“English”), 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”), Syrofēnisċ (“Syrophoenician”), Troiānisċ (“Trojan”), and wīelisċ (“Welsh”). The word for "Ethiopian," Siġelhearwen, is a rare exception to this pattern. ===== Declension ===== ===== Descendants ===== Middle English: -ish, -isch Scots: -is English: -ish === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Germanic *-iską, *-iskiją. ==== Alternative forms ==== -isċe ==== Suffix ==== -isċ suffix forming nouns with a collective or group force þeġnisċ ― service, religious service, ministry hīwisċ ― household īdisċ ― property, household, family belongings, stuff ===== Declension ===== Strong a-stem: ===== Derived terms ===== == Old High German == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *-isk. === Pronunciation === === Suffix === -isc used to form adjectives himilisc (“heavenly”) from himil (“heaven”) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: -ischGerman: -isch→ Dutch: -isch, -iesAfrikaans: -ies→ Indonesian: -isCentral Franconian:Hunsrik: -ischLuxembourgish: -eschVilamovian: -yśYiddish: ־יש (-ish)