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Middle English[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-isc
- Alternative form of -yssh
Old English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *-isk.
Suffix[edit]
-isċ
- of or relating to: -ish
Usage notes[edit]
- Replaces Latin -icus in loanwords.
- Almost the only suffix used to form adjectives meaning "of some ethnic group or nationality": Frīsa (“a Frisian”) → Frīsisċ (“Frisian”). Other examples include Āfricānisċ (“African”), Arabisċ (“Arabian”), Assyrisċ (“Assyrian”), Brettisċ (“British”), Centisċ (“Kentish”), Crēċisċ (“Greek”), Denisċ (“Danish”), Egyptisċ (“Egyptian”), Englisċ (“English”), Fēnisċ (“Phoenician”), Frenċisċ (“French/Frankish”), Gotisċ (“Gothic”), Indisċ (“Indian”), Iūdēisċ (“Jewish”), Ispānisċ (“Spanish”), Isrāēlisċ (“Israelite”), Langbeardisċ (“Lombardic”), Mæcedonisċ (“Macedonian”), Mierċisċ (“Mercian”), Norþanhymbrisċ (“Northumbrian”), Persisċ (“Persian”), Pihtisċ (“Pictish”), Rōmānisċ (“Roman”), Samaritānisċ (“Samaritan”), Sċyttisċ (“Scottish”), *Seaxisċ (“Saxon”), Sicilisċ (“Sicilian”), Syrisċ (“Syrian”), Troiānisċ (“Trojan”), and wīelisċ (“Welsh”). The word for "Ethiopian," Siġelhearwen, is a rare exception to this pattern.
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *-iską, *-iskiją.
Alternative forms[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-isċ
- suffix forming nouns with a collective or group force
Declension[edit]
Declension of -isc (strong a-stem)
Derived terms[edit]
Old High German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *-isk.
Pronunciation[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-isc
Derived terms[edit]
Category Old High German terms suffixed with -isc not found
Descendants[edit]
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- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
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- Old English lemmas
- Old English suffixes
- Old English terms with usage examples
- Old English neuter a-stem nouns
- Old High German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old High German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
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- Old High German terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Old High German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Old High German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old High German lemmas
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