-lijks

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch -lics, from Old Dutch -welikis (in the combination dagawelikis (daily) > dagelijks), from the genitive of welik (modern welk). The suffix was later conflated with the adjective suffix -lijk, and was respelled to reflect that.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ləks/
  • (file)

Suffix

-lijks

  1. -ly

Derived terms

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