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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”

  • simply
  • easy
  • easily
  • basic
  • easier
  • worthy
  • angry
  • healthy
  • psychological
  • ease
  • sympathy
  • electronic
  • biological
  • Islamic
  • philosophical
  • magnetic
  • romantic
  • technological
  • theological
  • crazy
  • funny
  • ideological
  • biblical
  • sympathetic
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