English Explanatory Dictionary

-k

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. A suffix found in verbs of Middle English, Old English, usually with an intensive or frequentative effect.
suffix
  1. A suffix found in nouns, usually with a diminutive effect.

Word forms

-k

Etymology

From Middle English -ken, -kien, from Old English -cian, from Proto-West Germanic *-ukōn, *-ikōn, from Proto-Germanic *-ukōną, *-ikōną. Cognate with West Frisian -kje, German -chen, Danish -ke, Swedish -ka, Faroese -ka. Perhaps related to Old English diminutive suffix -uc, -oc. More at -ock.

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