Where does “-inc” come from?
-inc (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch -ing, from Proto-West Germanic *-ing, from Proto-Germanic -ingaz — Forms derivatives of nouns with sense of...
Ancestry of “-inc”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Dutch | -ing | belonging to, descending from |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *-ing | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -ingaz | Forms derivatives of nouns with sense of... |