-ich

See also: ich, Ich, ICH, ích, ịch, and -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

  1. Placename suffix found in the Rhineland.
  • 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

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Dutch -ig, from Proto-West Germanic *-g, from Proto-Germanic *-īgaz, *-agaz, *-ugaz.

Suffix

-ich

  1. -y; forms adjectives from nouns.

Derived terms

Middle Dutch terms suffixed with -ich

Descendants

  • Dutch: -ig

Middle English

Suffix

-ich

  1. Alternative form of -yssh

Suffix

-ich

  1. 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

  1. (adjectival) -y

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

  1. -y

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish -igidir (whence also Irish -igh), originally a denominative verb formative, from Proto-Celtic *-sagyetor; compare Welsh -hau.

Suffix

-ich

  1. Suffix used to form verbs; semi-productive in Scottish Gaelic.

Conjugation

Participles
Tense \ Voice Active Passive
Present a' -igh --
Past -ich -icheadh
Future -ichidh -ichear
Conditional -icheadh -ichteadh

Derived terms

Scottish Gaelic terms suffixed with -ich

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian -ich, from Proto-Germanic *-īgaz, variant of *-gaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos.

Suffix

-ich

  1. -y

Further reading

  • -ich”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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