Where does “-tig” come from?

-tig (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch -tech, from Old Dutch -tig, from Proto-Germanic tigiwiz, from Proto-Germanic *teguz.

-tig (Dutch): -ty; used to form numerals denoting multiples of...

Definitions

  1. -ty; used to form numerals denoting multiples of...

Ancestry of “-tig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutch-tech—
2Old Dutch-tig—
3Proto-Germanictigiwiznominative/vocative plural of *teguz
4Proto-Germanic*teguz—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *teguz →Every word from Proto-Germanic tigiwiz →Every word from Old Dutch -tig →