-che
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old High German -ihhīn, from Proto-Germanic *-ikīną, a double diminutive, from *-ikaz + *-īną.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-che (plural -cher)
- forms a diminutive noun
Usage notes
- Generally, all diminutive nouns are neuter, but some dialects may still follow the older rule of treating diminutives according to the gender of the basic noun (as in Luxembourgish).
- Nouns whose stem ends in a back consonant, namely -ch, -g, -k, -ng, or -sch, regularly use the extended suffix -elche: Bröck (“bridge”) → Bröggelche. However, in Ripuarian an etymological distinction is usually followed, according to which the extended suffix follows only original back consonants but not ones that derive from Old High German (OHG) alveolars; hence: Weng (“wine”) from OHG wīn → Wengche (not *Wengelche); Wursch (“sausage”) from OHG wurst → Würschje (not *Würschelche).
- After -f, -s, -ß, -v, and -sch (if applicable), the suffix -che becomes -je in Ripuarian, but not in Moselle Franconian; hence: Foß (“foot”) → Ripurian Fößje, Moselle Franconian Feeßche.
Derived terms
Nivaclé
Alternative forms
Suffix
-che (plural -chei)
Usage notes
- The principal allomorph -che can also prepend an epenthetic i when is attached to a noun ending with two consonants.
- After m, o and ô the allomorph -que is used.
- In addition to the above, there is also a rare allomorph -e which normally (but not always) applies to nouns already derived via a suffix.
See also
References
- Fabre, Alain (2016) Gramática de la lengua Nivacle (familia Mataguayo, Chaco Paraguayo) (Lincom Studies in Native American Linguistics 78) (in Spanish), Munich: Lincom, →ISBN.
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
From Old High German -ihhīn, from Proto-Germanic *-ikīną, a double diminutive, from *-ikaz + *-īną. Compare German -chen, Dutch -ke.
Suffix
-che (plural -cher)
Derived terms
Categories:
- Central Franconian terms inherited from Old High German
- Central Franconian terms derived from Old High German
- Central Franconian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Central Franconian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Central Franconian lemmas
- Central Franconian suffixes
- Central Franconian diminutive suffixes
- Nivaclé lemmas
- Nivaclé suffixes
- Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Old High German
- Pennsylvania German terms derived from Old High German
- Pennsylvania German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Pennsylvania German lemmas
- Pennsylvania German suffixes
- Pennsylvania German diminutive suffixes