-ich

Signification (Anglais)

Placename suffix found in the Rhineland.

Concepts

-al

-eux

-ique

Synonymes

-ig

-isch

-lich

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɪç/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Principally from Latin -iacum, itself from Celtic (compare *-ākos). However, other names were sometimes adapted to the suffix, as in Limperich (now a district of Bonn), which goes back to Middle High German Lintberg.