-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.

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