-lijk

Dutch (Brabantic)

/lək/

suffix
Definitions
  • -ly, -al, -ous
  • -able

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch -lijc inherited from Old Dutch -līk inherited from Proto-Germanic *-līkaz (having the body form of, -like, shaped).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*-līkaz

Gloss

having the body form of, -like, shaped

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