Where does “-achtig” come from?

-achtig (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch -achtig, from Middle Dutch -haftig, from Dutch -ig, from Middle Dutch -ich, from Old Dutch -ig, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

-achtig (Dutch): -like, -ish

Definitions

  1. -like, -ish

Ancestry of “-achtig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutch-achtig—
2Middle Dutch-haftig—
3Dutch-ig-y; forms adjectives from nouns; -ed, having
4Middle Dutch-ich-y
5Old Dutch-ig—
6Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
7Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
8Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “-achtig”

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