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

  1. creates a diminutive noun

Ancestry of “-chen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*-ikīn—
2Proto-West Germanic-īnCreates adjectives from nouns with the sense...
3Proto-Germanic-īnaz-en
4Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
5Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

Words derived from “-chen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from Proto-Germanic -īnaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic -īn →
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