-isks

Latvian

suffix

Definitions

Added to nouns to derive adjectives with the meaning 'typical of' or 'characterized by' the original noun (like or -ical (-ical)).

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *-iskos.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*-iskos

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

-ish English
toolishness English
-isch German
-isch Dutch, Flemish
-ίσκος Ancient Greek
*-iskos Proto-Indo-European
*-iskaz Proto-Germanic
-isk Swedish
-ish Middle English
-iskr Old Norse
*-ьskъ Proto-Slavic
-iska Latvian
-isch Middle High German
-iškas Lithuanian
*-iškas Proto-Balto-Slavic

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