-ig

Meaning

1. (morpheme) -y; forms adjectives from nouns
2. (morpheme) -ed, having (when attached to a noun preceded by an adjective that describes the noun)

Concepts

-ish

-ed

-y

-ly

Synonyms

-achtig

-d

ge-

-lijk

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əx/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch -ich, from Old Dutch -ag, -ig, from Proto-West Germanic *-g, from Proto-Germanic *-agaz, *-īgaz, *-ugaz, each a variant of a common suffix *-gaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos.