-yssh
Middle English
/iʃ/
suffix
Definitions
- Affixed to nouns designating races, peoples and languages to form adjectives that describe them.
- Affixed to nouns to form adjectives that describe something as being similar or like in nature to the base noun.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English -isc derived from Old Norse -isk derived from Proto-Germanic *-iskaz (-ish) borrowed from Old French -ais.
Origin
Old French
-ais
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -iscus Latin
- -ίσκος Ancient Greek
- -ῐ́σκος Ancient Greek
- *-iskos Proto-Indo-European
- flamengo Portuguese
- *-iskaz Proto-Germanic
- -isc Old English
- -isċ Old English
- -isk Old Norse
- -iskr Old Norse
- -skr Old Norse
- -ais Old French
- -isco Galician
- -isc Old High German
- -𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 Gothic
- *-isk gmw-pro
- -isc Old Dutch
- -isk Old Frisian
- -isc lng
- ieltsch Crimean Gothic