-ke

(Engels)

synonym of -tje (“diminutive noun suffix”)

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle Dutch: -ken

Geërf van Old Dutch: *ukīn

Verwante met Duits: -chen

Verwante met Nederduits: -ken

Verwante met Engels: -kin

In summary

From earlier -ken, from Middle Dutch -ken, -kin, -kijn, from Old Dutch *-kīn, apparently representing Proto-West Germanic *-ukīn, a double diminutive, from *-uk + *-īn.
The standard Dutch -tje and its variants are derived from -ke(n) through palatalization. Cognate with German -chen, Low German -ken, English -kin, -ock.

Sinonieme

-ie

-je

-pje

-tje

-etje

-ken

-kijn

-che

Vertalings

-eta

-et

-chen

-lein

-erl

-i

-y

-ette

-ine

-et

-etto

-ino

-ina

-etta

-inho