-y

Meaning

1. (morpheme) Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives meaning “having the quality of”, either “involving the referent” or “analogous to it”.
2. (morpheme) Added to verbs to form adjectives meaning "inclined to".

Translations

-ig

-ei

-chen

-erl

-keit

-nis

-heit

-lein

-et

-i

-ette

-é

-ine

-et

-eta

Pronounced as (IPA)

/i/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: -y

Inherited from Old English: -iġ

Cognate with Scots: -ie

Cognate with Western Frisian: -ich

Cognate with Dutch: -ig

Cognate with Low German: -ig

Cognate with German: -ig

Cognate with Swedish: -ig

Cognate with Gothic: -𐌹𐌲𐍃

Cognate with Latin: -icus

Cognate with Ancient Greek: -ικός

Cognate with Sanskrit: -इक

Inherited from Middle English: -ie

Cognate with Dutch: -je

Cognate with German: -i

Cognate with Latin: -ia

Cognate with German: -ei

Cognate with Dutch: -ij

In summary

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
From Middle English -y, -i, from Old English -iġ (“-y, -ic”, suffix), from Proto-West Germanic *-g, from Proto-Germanic *-īgaz (“-y, -ic”), from Proto-Indo-European *-kos, *-ikos, *-iḱos (“-y, -ic”).
Cognate with Scots -ie (“-y”), West Frisian -ich (“-y”), Dutch -ig (“-y”), Low German -ig (“-y”), German -ig (“-y”), Swedish -ig (“-y”), Gothic -𐌹𐌲𐍃 (-igs, “-y”), Latin -icus (“-y, -ic”), Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós), Sanskrit -इक (-ika). Doublet of -ac and -ic.