Where does “-tich” come from?
-tich (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch -tig, from Proto-Germanic tigiwiz, from Proto-Germanic *teguz.
Ancestry of “-tich”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | -tig | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | tigiwiz | nominative/vocative plural of *teguz |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *teguz | — |
Words derived from “-tich”