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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
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Germanic
tigiwiz
nominative/vocative plural of *teguz
2
Proto-Germanic
*teguz
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Words derived from “-tig”
-tech
-tich
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