Where does “-chen” come from?
-chen (Luxembourgish) comes from Proto-West Germanic *-ikīn, from Proto-West Germanic -īn, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.
-chen (Luxembourgish): creates a diminutive noun
Definitions
- creates a diminutive noun
Ancestry of “-chen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | *-ikīn | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | -īn | Creates adjectives from nouns with the sense... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -īnaz | -en |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |
Words derived from “-chen”