"-k" meaning in English

See -k in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-ken}} Middle English -ken, {{inh|en|ang|-cian}} Old English -cian, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*-ukōn}} Proto-West Germanic *-ukōn, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*-ukōną}} Proto-Germanic *-ukōną, {{cog|fy|-kje}} West Frisian -kje, {{cog|de|-chen}} German -chen, {{cog|da|-ke}} Danish -ke, {{cog|sv|-ka}} Swedish -ka, {{cog|fo|-ka}} Faroese -ka, {{cog|ang|-}} Old English Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -k, {{en-suffix}} -k
  1. (rare, no longer productive) A suffix found in verbs of Middle English, Old English, usually with an intensive or frequentative effect. Tags: idiomatic, morpheme, rare
    Sense id: en--k-en-suffix-90cULAIs Categories (other): English links with redundant target parameters, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 25 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 25 entries: 2 2 2 2 2 2 17 10 5 5 5 5 5 0 4 2 3 4 4 4 1 2 2 2 7 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 1 1 1 1 14 11 5 5 5 5 5 0 4 1 3 4 4 4 0 1 1 2 7 5 1 5 1 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

Etymology: From Middle English -ke, from Old English -(u)c and -ca (diminutive suffix). More at -ock. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-ke}} Middle English -ke, {{inh|en|ang|-uc|-(u)c}} Old English -(u)c Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -k, {{en-suffix}} -k
  1. (rare, no longer productive) A suffix found in nouns, usually with a diminutive effect. Tags: idiomatic, morpheme, rare
    Sense id: en--k-en-suffix-fVUrqnoH Categories (other): English links with redundant target parameters
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "-cian"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English -cian",
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    },
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      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *-ukōn",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "-kje"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian -kje",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "-chen"
      },
      "expansion": "German -chen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "-ke"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish -ke",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "-ka"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish -ka",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "-ka"
      },
      "expansion": "Faroese -ka",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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      ],
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        {
          "text": "tale, talk; steal, stalk; mire, mirk; hear, hark; fare, firk; peer, perk; yare, yark; gaw, gawk"
        }
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        "(rare, no longer productive) A suffix found in verbs of Middle English, Old English, usually with an intensive or frequentative effect."
      ],
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    }
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        {
          "text": "chine > chink; stale > stalk"
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      "expansion": "German -chen",
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      },
      "expansion": "Danish -ke",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      },
      "expansion": "Swedish -ka",
      "name": "cog"
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      "name": "cog"
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