-ich

See also: ich, Ich, ICH, ích, ịch, and -ich-

German

Alternative forms

• -ig (e.g. Sinzig from Sentiacum)

Etymology

Principally from Latin -iacum, itself from Celtic (compare *-ākos). However, other names were sometimes adapted to the suffix, as in Limperich (now a district of Bonn), which goes back to Middle High German Lintberg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪç/

Suffix

-ich

1. Placename suffix found in the Rhineland.

Related terms

• Altrich
• Bertrich
• Bessenich
• Dieblich
• Disternich
• Elvenich
• Emmerich
• Endenich
• Firmenich
• Fischenich
• Füssenich
• Gevenich
• Gürzenich
• Gymnich
• Jülich
• Kärlich
• Keldenich
• Kendenich
• Kessenich
• Kesternich
• Kirspenich
• Lechenich
• Lessenich
• Limperich
• Linnich
• Linzenich
• Lobberich
• Lövenich
• Mechernich
• Mengenich
• Merzenich
• Mesenich
• Metternich
• Morschenich
• Mützenich
• Nemmenich
• Nickenich
• Nörvenich
• Setterich
• Sevenich
• Sinzenich
• Stetternich
• Türnich
• Ülpenich
• Vernich
• Zieverich
• Zülpich

 

Middle Dutch

Alternative forms

• -ech

Etymology

From Old Dutch -ig, from Proto-West Germanic *-g, from Proto-Germanic *-īgaz, *-agaz, *-ugaz.

Suffix

-ich

1. -y; forms adjectives from nouns.

Derived terms

Middle Dutch terms suffixed with -ich

Descendants

• Dutch: -ig

Middle English

Etymology 1

Suffix

-ich

1. Alternative form of -yssh

Etymology 2

Suffix

-ich

1. Alternative form of -y (“-y”)

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German -ec, -ic, from Old High German -ig, from Proto-Germanic *-gaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos. Compare German -ig, Dutch -ig, English -y, Swedish -ig.

Suffix

-ich

1. (adjectival) -y

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian -ich, from Proto-Germanic *-īgaz, variant of *-gaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos. Compare German and Dutch -ig, English -y.

Suffix

-ich

1. -y

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• -aich (broad version)

Etymology

From Old Irish -igidir (whence also Irish -igh), originally a denominative verb formative, from Proto-Celtic *-sagyetor; compare Welsh -hau.

Suffix

-ich

1. Suffix used to form verbs; semi-productive in Scottish Gaelic.

Conjugation

Participles

Tense \ Voice	Active	Passive
Present	a' -igh	--
Past	-ich	-icheadh
Future	-ichidh	-ichear
Conditional	-icheadh	-ichteadh

Derived terms

Scottish Gaelic terms suffixed with -ich

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian -ich, from Proto-Germanic *-īgaz, variant of *-gaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos.

Suffix

-ich

1. -y

Further reading

• “-ich”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011