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Where does “-tig” come from?

-tig (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic tigiwiz, from Proto-Germanic *teguz.

Ancestry of “-tig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanictigiwiznominative/vocative plural of *teguz
2Proto-Germanic*teguz—

Words derived from “-tig”

  • tig
  • -tig
  • -tich
  • -tech
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