Where does “-ik” come from?
-ik (Swedish) comes from French -ique, from Middle French -ique, from Old French -ique, from Latin -icus, from Proto-Italic *-ikos — forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or pertaining to'.
-ik (Swedish): a pejorative suffix; pejorative dimunutive
Definitions
- a pejorative suffix; pejorative dimunutive
Ancestry of “-ik”, step by step
Words derived from “-ik”
- dramatik
- historik
- journalistik
- lyrik
- karaktäristik
- metodik
- symbolik
- essäistik
- historiker
- medborgarjournalistik
- lyriker
- lyrisk
- skjutjärnsjournalistik
- rambojournalistik
- religionshistoriker
- samtidshistoriker
- lokalhistoriker
- idéhistoriker
- krigshistoriker
- mentalitetshistoriker
- konsthistoriker
- kulturhistoriker
- litteraturhistoriker
- militärhistoriker