-ish

Mane (English)

1. Typical of, similar to, being like.
2. Somewhat, rather.
3. About, approximately.
4. Of, belonging, or relating to (a nationality, place, language or similar association with something).

Synonyms

Y

Y

-like

concerning

hardly

ish

quasi

related to

somewhat

-esque

about

-ic

almost

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/ɪʃ/

Etymology (English)

Inherited from Middle English: -ish

Inherited from Old English: -isċ

Cognate with holendî: -s

Cognate with almanî: -isch

Cognate with holendî: -isch

Cognate with norwecî: -

Cognate with danmarkî: -

Cognate with swêdî: -isk

Cognate with lîtwanî: -iškas

Cognate with rûsî: -ский

Cognate with Ancient Greek: -

Inherited from Middle English: -ishen

In summary

From Middle English -ish, -isch, from Old English -isċ (“-ish”, suffix), from Proto-West Germanic *-isk, from Proto-Germanic *-iskaz (“-ish”), from Proto-Indo-European *-iskos.
Cognate with Dutch -s; German -isch (whence Dutch -isch); Norwegian, Danish, and Swedish -isk or -sk; Lithuanian -iškas; Russian -ский (-skij); and the Ancient Greek diminutive suffix -ίσκος (-ískos). Doublet of -esque and -ski.