Where does “-sch” come from?

-sch (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch -isc, from Proto-Germanic -iskaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iskos — Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to.

-sch (Middle Dutch): -ish, -an

Definitions

  1. -ish, -an

Ancestry of “-sch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutch-isc—
2Proto-Germanic-iskazForms adjectives from nouns with the sense of...
3Proto-Indo-European-iskosCharacteristic of, typical of, pertaining to

Words derived from “-sch”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iskos →