-lijk

Εννοια (English)

1. (morpheme) An adjectival and adverbial suffix -ly, -al, -ous
2. (morpheme) An adjectival and adverbial suffix -able

Synonyms

-achtig

-ig

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/lək/

Etymology (English)

Inherited from Μέσα Ολλανδικά: -lijc

Inherited from Old Dutch: -līk

Cognate with Αγγλικά: -ly

Cognate with Γερμανικά: -lich

Cognate with Παλαιά Νορβηγικά: -líkr

In summary

From Middle Dutch -lijc, from Old Dutch -līk, from Proto-West Germanic *-līk, from Proto-Germanic *-līkaz.
Cognate with English -ly, German -lich, Old Norse -líkr.