-ish

Bedeutung (English)

1. Typical of, similar to, being like.
2. Somewhat, rather.
3. About, approximately.
4. Of, belonging, or relating to (a nationality, place, language or similar association with something).

Konzepte

-isch

Augapfel

Auge

👁️

-lich

-haft

Augenstern

Synonyms

Y

Y

-like

concerning

hardly

ish

quasi

related to

somewhat

-esque

about

-ic

almost

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ɪʃ/

Etymologie (English)

Inherited from Mittelenglisch: -ish

Inherited from Altenglisch: -isċ

Cognate with Niederländisch: -s

Cognate with Deutsch: -isch

Cognate with Niederländisch: -isch

Cognate with Norwegisch: -

Cognate with Dänisch: -

Cognate with Schwedisch: -isk

Cognate with Litauisch: -iškas

Cognate with Russisch: -ский

Cognate with Altgriechisch: -

Inherited from Mittelenglisch: -ishen

In summary

From Middle English -ish, -isch, from Old English -isċ (“-ish”, suffix), from Proto-West Germanic *-isk, from Proto-Germanic *-iskaz (“-ish”), from Proto-Indo-European *-iskos.
Cognate with Dutch -s; German -isch (whence Dutch -isch); Norwegian, Danish, and Swedish -isk or -sk; Lithuanian -iškas; Russian -ский (-skij); and the Ancient Greek diminutive suffix -ίσκος (-ískos). Doublet of -esque and -ski.