-y
English
suffix
Definitions
- Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives meaning “having the quality of”.
- Added to verbs to form adjectives meaning "inclined to".
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English -y inherited from Old English -iġ (-ic, -y) 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
- -andry English
- Pennsylvania English
- ace English
- acey-deucey English
- cat English
- deuce English
- holoprosencephalic English
- holoprosencephaly English
- scared English
- scaredy cat English
- toast English
- toastily English
- toastiness English
- toasty English
- wit English
- -cus Latin
- -icus Latin
- -ig German
- -igen German
- -igkeit German
- -ik German
- Witz German
- allseitig German
- blutrünstig German
- breitschulterig German
- bullig German
- deutschblütig German
- dreiarmig German
- dünnhäutig German
- eindeutig German
- gleichschenklig German
- gleichseitig German
- gottesfürchtig German
- großjährig German
- ig German
- rothäutig German
- viertürig German
- witzig German
- witzigerweise German
- wuchtig German
- x-beinig German
- zweideutig German
- -ico Italian
- -icus Dutch, Flemish
- -ig Dutch, Flemish
- -ij Dutch, Flemish
- aanwezig Dutch, Flemish
- dubbelzinnig Dutch, Flemish
- eenvormig Dutch, Flemish
- eenzijdig Dutch, Flemish
- eerbiedig Dutch, Flemish
- geleedpotig Dutch, Flemish
- godvruchtig Dutch, Flemish
- goedhartig Dutch, Flemish
- lamlendig Dutch, Flemish
- lichtvoetig Dutch, Flemish
- schroomvallig Dutch, Flemish
- voorbarig Dutch, Flemish
- voskleurig Dutch, Flemish
- vroegtijdig Dutch, Flemish
- -ique French
- -ico Spanish, Castilian
- -ανδρία Ancient Greek
- -ικός Ancient Greek
- -κός Ancient Greek
- ὅλος Ancient Greek
- Ὁμηρικός Ancient Greek
- *-iḱos, *-ikos Proto-Indo-European
- *-kos Proto-Indo-European
- *-ḱos, *-kos Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁ésti Proto-Indo-European
- -ico Portuguese
- *-agaz Proto-Germanic
- *-gaz Proto-Germanic
- *-ugaz Proto-Germanic
- *-īgaz Proto-Germanic
- -ig Swedish
- lökig Swedish
- -ig Old English
- -iġ Old English
- -ik Middle English
- -ike Middle English
- -y Middle English
- almyghty Middle English
- eise Middle English
- esy Middle English
- -agr Old Norse
- -igr Old Norse
- -ugr Old Norse
- -ický Czech
- -ique Old French
- -ic Catalan, Valencian
- -ico Galician
- -ic Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- -gar Welsh
- -og Welsh
- barfog Welsh
- -ie Middle Dutch
- -īga Latvian
- -īgs Latvian
- -ec Middle High German
- -𐌴𐌹𐌲𐍃 Gothic
- -𐌹𐌲𐍃 Gothic
- -ag Old Dutch
- -ig Old Dutch
- *-ākos Proto-Celtic
- ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ Mongolian
- -ich Western Frisian
- -ich Old Frisian
- -yk' Middle Persian
- -î Northern Kurdish
- -ich Saterland Frisian
- -iko Ladino
- -ich Pennsylvania German
- -awc Middle Welsh
- Māvors Old Latin