Where does “-isc” come from?

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

Ancestry of “-isc”, step by step

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

Words derived from “-isc”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iskos →Every word from Proto-Germanic -iskaz →
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