-yssh
Middle English
Alternative forms
- -ysshe, -yssch, -yssche, -ish, -ysh, -ishe, -yshe, -iȝsh, -yȝsh, -ishs, -yshs, -esh, -eshe, -ysse, -isse, -yse, -ise, -ys, -is, -ijs, -esse, -es, -ysce, -isce, -yssce, -issce, -yche, -ych, -iche, -ich, -as, -sæ, -ce, -ez, -isc, -ysc, -ychs, -ichs, -ech, -iske, -yske, -isch, -ische
Etymology
From Old English -isc and Old Norse -isk, both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *-iskaz, with some influence from Old French -ais, -eis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iʃ/
Suffix
-yssh
- Affixed to nouns designating races, peoples and languages to form adjectives that describe them.
- Affixed to nouns to form adjectives that describe something as being similar or like in nature to the base noun.
Derived terms
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Descendants
- English: -ish
- Scots: -is, -isch
References
- “-ish, (suf.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 16 June 2018.