-y
Middle English
suffix
Definitions
- Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by being appended to a noun.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English -ig inherited from Proto-Germanic *-īgaz (-ic, -y) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *-kos (typical of, pertaining to, suffix forming adjectives denoting the characteristic of, suffix forming adjectives denoting characteristic of).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*-kos
Gloss
typical of, pertaining to, suffix forming adjectives denoting the characteristic of, suffix forming adjectives denoting characteristic of
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -y English
- acey-deucey English
- almighty English
- scaredy cat English
- toasty English
- -cus Latin
- witzig German
- -κός Ancient Greek
- Ὁμηρικός Ancient Greek
- *-kos Proto-Indo-European
- *-agaz Proto-Germanic
- *-gaz Proto-Germanic
- *-ugaz Proto-Germanic
- *-īgaz Proto-Germanic
- -ig Old English
- -iġ Old English
- ælmihtig Old English
- ælmihtiġ Old English
- -ik Middle English
- -ike Middle English
- all Middle English
- almyghty Middle English
- eise Middle English
- ese Middle English
- esiliche Middle English
- esy Middle English
- esynesse Middle English
- myght Middle English
- -igr Old Norse
- aaisé Old French
- -īgs Latvian
- -𐌴𐌹𐌲𐍃 Gothic
- -𐌹𐌲𐍃 Gothic
- *-ag gmw-pro
- -ig Old Dutch
- *-ākos Proto-Celtic
- awmichtie Scots
- -ich Old Frisian
- -yk' Middle Persian
- Māvors Old Latin