-og
Welsh (Colloquial)
/ɔɡ/
suffix
Definitions
- adjectival suffix often indicating an abundance of the root
- noun suffix indicating person, creature or object characterised by root
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Welsh -awc inherited from Proto-Brythonic *-ọg inherited from Proto-Celtic *-ākos inherited from Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂kos.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*-eh₂kos
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -y English
- acey-deucey English
- scaredy cat English
- toasty English
- witzig German
- *-eh₂kos Proto-Indo-European
- *-eh₂ḱos, *-eh₂kos Proto-Indo-European
- *-kos Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷr̥H- Proto-Indo-European
- -y Middle English
- -ach Irish
- -achas Irish
- -achán Irish
- -ar Welsh
- -gar Welsh
- barf Welsh
- barfog Welsh
- -ach Old Irish
- -óc Old Irish
- -ach Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- riochdair roimhearach Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- tuiseal tabhartach Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- -agh Manx
- *-āk-aro- Proto-Celtic
- *-ākos Proto-Celtic
- -ek Cornish
- arghansek Cornish
- owrek Cornish
- *-ọg Proto-Brythonic
- -awc Middle Welsh