Where does “-ig” come from?

-ig (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse -igr, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

-ig (Norwegian Bokmål): -y; forms adjectives from nouns

Definitions

  1. -y; forms adjectives from nouns

Ancestry of “-ig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norse-igr-y
2Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
3Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “-ig”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from Proto-Germanic -gaz →Every word from Old Norse -igr →