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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutch-tig—
2Proto-Germanictigiwiznominative/vocative plural of *teguz
3Proto-Germanic*teguz—

Words derived from “-tich”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *teguz →Every word from Proto-Germanic tigiwiz →Every word from Old Dutch -tig →