Where does “sæpiġ” come from?
sæpiġ (Old English) comes from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
Ancestry of “sæpiġ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |