Where does “-elchen” come from?

-elchen (German) comes from German -chen, from Middle High German -echen.

-elchen (German): "used to make diminutives of nouns with a stem...

Definitions

  1. "used to make diminutives of nouns with a stem...

Ancestry of “-elchen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1German-chennowadays the most common suffix to create a...
2Middle High German-echen—

Words derived from “-elchen”

Every word from Middle High German -echen →Every word from German -chen →