Where does “grappig” come from?
grappig (Dutch) comes 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.
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Ancestry of “grappig”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | -ig | -y; forms adjectives from nouns; -ed, having |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | -ich | -y |
| 3 | Old Dutch | -ig | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |