Where does “-ke” come from?

-ke (Low German) comes from Middle Low German -eken, from Old Saxon -kīn, from Proto-West Germanic *-ukīn.

-ke (Low German): used to form the diminutive of nouns and hypocoristic forms of proper nouns and other parts of speech

Definitions

  1. used to form the diminutive of nouns and hypocoristic forms of proper nouns and other parts of speech

Ancestry of “-ke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low German-eken—
2Old Saxon-kīn—
3Proto-West Germanic*-ukīn—

Words derived from “-ke”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *-ukīn →Every word from Middle Low German -eken →Every word from Old Saxon -kīn →