-lich

See also: lich, Lich, and lịch

German

Alternative forms

-licht (nowadays uncommon)

Etymology

From Middle High German -lich, from Old High German -līh, from Proto-Germanic *-līkaz. Cognate with English -ly and Dutch -lijk.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lɪç/

Suffix

-lich

an adjectival suffix
an adverbial suffix

Derived terms

► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:German_words_suffixed_with_-lich' title='Category:German words suffixed with -lich'>German words suffixed with -lich</a>

gastlich
lächerlich

References

Kluge, Friedrich (1989), “-lich”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological dictionary of the German language] (in German), 22nd edition, →ISBN

Middle English

Suffix

-lich

Alternative form of -liche

References

“-lī, suf.(1)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 7 April 2018.
“-lī, suf.(2)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 7 April 2018.

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[1] Kluge, Friedrich (1989), “-lich”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological dictionary of the German language] (in German), 22nd edition, →ISBN