Where does “-isċ” come from?

-isċ (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic -isk, from Proto-Germanic -iskaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iskos — Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to.

-isċ (Old English): -ish

Definitions

  1. -ish

Ancestry of “-isċ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic-iskCreates adjectives from nouns
2Proto-Germanic-iskazForms adjectives from nouns with the sense of...
3Proto-Indo-European-iskosCharacteristic of, typical of, pertaining to

Words derived from “-isċ”

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