Where does “-iġ” come from?

-iġ (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

-iġ (Old English): -y, -ic

Definitions

  1. -y, -ic

Ancestry of “-iġ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
2Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
3Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “-iġ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from Proto-Germanic -gaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic -g →
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