Where does “-tje” come from?

-tje (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch -kijn, from Old Dutch -kīn, from Proto-Germanic *-ukīn.

-tje (Dutch): Appended to a noun (or occasionally another part of speech), making it

Definitions

  1. Appended to a noun (or occasionally another part of speech), making it

Ancestry of “-tje”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutch-kijn—
2Old Dutch-kīn—
3Proto-Germanic*-ukīn—

Words derived from “-tje”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *-ukīn →Every word from Middle Dutch -kijn →Every word from Old Dutch -kīn →