-ish

Significado (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

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ɪʃ/

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from inglês médio: -ish

Inherited from inglês arcaico: -isċ

Cognate with holandês: -s

Cognate with alemão: -isch

Cognate with holandês: -isch

Cognate with norueguês: -

Cognate with dinamarquês: -

Cognate with sueco: -isk

Cognate with lituano: -iškas

Cognate with russo: -ский

Cognate with grego arcaico: -

Inherited from inglês médio: -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.