-ich

(Îngilîzî)

Placename suffix found in the Rhineland.

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/ɪç/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

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.

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