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Significado (Inglés)

A suffix found in verbs of Middle English, Old English, usually with an intensive or frequentative effect.

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: -ken

Herdado de Old English: -cian

Relativo a frisón occidental: -kje

Relativo a alemán: -chen

Relativo a dinamarqués: -ke

Relativo a sueco: -ka

Relativo a feroés: -ka

Relativo a Old English: -

Herdado de Middle English: -ke

Herdado de Old English: -uc

In summary

From Middle English -ken, -kien, from Old English -cian, from Proto-West Germanic *-ukōn, *-ikōn, from Proto-Germanic *-ukōną, *-ikōną. Cognate with West Frisian -kje, German -chen, Danish -ke, Swedish -ka, Faroese -ka. Perhaps related to Old English diminutive suffix -uc, -oc. More at -ock.