Where does “-formig” come from?
-formig (Swedish) comes from Swedish -ig, from Swedish -og, from Old Swedish -ogher, from Old Norse -igr, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
Ancestry of “-formig”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Swedish | -ig | -y; forms adjectives from nouns |
| 2 | Swedish | -og | — |
| 3 | Old Swedish | -ogher | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | -igr | -y |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |