Where does “-ock” come from?

-ock (English) comes from Middle English -ok, from Old English -oc, from Hungarian -ük, from Proto-Germanic -ukaz — Forms diminutive nouns.

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Definitions

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Ancestry of “-ock”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle English-oksuffix forming diminutives of nouns
2Old English-ocnoun suffix used to form descriptive names from...
3Hungarian-üktheir
4Proto-Germanic-ukazForms diminutive nouns

Words derived from “-ock”

Every word from Proto-Germanic -ukaz →Every word from Hungarian -ük →Every word from Old English -oc →