-ke

Signification (Anglais)

synonym of -tje (“diminutive noun suffix”)

Concepts

-ette

-ine

-et

Synonymes

-ie

-je

-pje

-tje

-etje

-ken

-kijn

-che

Traductions

-eta

-et

-chen

-lein

-erl

-i

-y

-etto

-ino

-ina

-etta

-inho

-inha

-ito

-ita

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen néerlandais: -ken

Hérité de Old Dutch: *ukīn

Appartenant à allemand: -chen

Appartenant à bas-allemand: -ken

Appartenant à anglais: -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.