Where does “-inc” come from?

-inc (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon -ing, from Proto-West Germanic *-ing, from Proto-Germanic -ingaz — Forms derivatives of nouns with sense of...

Ancestry of “-inc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxon-ing—
2Proto-West Germanic*-ingpatronymic suffix
3Proto-Germanic-ingazForms derivatives of nouns with sense of...

Words derived from “-inc”

Every word from Proto-Germanic -ingaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *-ing →Every word from Old Saxon -ing →