-isk
Swedish
suffix
Definitions
- ish, of or pertaining to; making an adjective based on a noun
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse -iskr derived from Proto-Germanic *-iskaz (-ish) 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
- -iscus Latin
- absolūtus Latin
- -ίσκος Ancient Greek
- -ῐ́σκος Ancient Greek
- *-iskos Proto-Indo-European
- -isk Norwegian Bokmål
- flamengo Portuguese
- *-iskaz Proto-Germanic
- -isc Old English
- -isċ Old English
- -ish Middle English
- -isk Old Norse
- -iskr Old Norse
- -skr Old Norse
- -sk Danish
- *-ьskъ Proto-Slavic
- -ais Old French
- -isco Galician
- -isc Old High German
- -iska Latvian
- -isks Latvian
- -iskur Faroese
- -skur Faroese
- -𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 Gothic
- *-isk gmw-pro
- -isc Old Dutch
- -iškas Lithuanian
- -isk Old Frisian
- *-iškas Proto-Balto-Slavic
- -isc lng
- ieltsch Crimean Gothic