-ich

From Old Dutch -ig, from Proto-Germanic *-īgaz, *-agaz, *-ugaz.

-ich

1. -y; forms adjectives from nouns.

• Dutch: -ig

-ich

1. Alternative form of -yssh

• “-ish, (suf.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 16 June 2018.

-ich

1. Alternative form of -y.

• “-i, (suf.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 June 2018.
• “-i(e, (suf.2)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 June 2018.

From Middle High German -ec, -ic, from Old High German -ig, from Proto-Germanic *-gaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos. Compare German -ig, Dutch -ig, English -y, Swedish -ig.

-ich

1. (adjectival) -y

From Old Frisian -ich, from Proto-Germanic *-īgaz, variant of *-gaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos. Compare German and Dutch -ig, English -y.

-ich

1. -y

• -aich (broad version)

From Old Irish -igid (whence also Irish -igh), originally a denominative verb formative, from Proto-Celtic *-sagyeti; compare Welsh -hau.

-ich

1. Suffix used to form verbs; semi-productive in Scottish Gaelic.

Participles

From Old Frisian -ich, from Proto-Germanic *-īgaz, variant of *-gaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos.

-ich

1. -y

• “-ich”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011