"-ock" meaning in English

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Suffix

Etymology: From Middle English -ock, -ok, -uk, -uck, from Old English -oc, -uc (diminutive suffix), from Proto-West Germanic *-uk, from Proto-Germanic *-ukaz (diminutive suffix). Akin to Old Saxon -ik (diminutive suffix), German -ich, Middle Low German -ken (diminutive suffix), Middle Dutch -kin, Old Norse -kr (diminutive suffix). More at -kin. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-ock}} Middle English -ock, {{m|enm|-ok}} -ok, {{m|enm|-uk}} -uk, {{m|enm|-uck}} -uck, {{inh|en|ang|-oc}} Old English -oc, {{m|ang|-uc|pos=diminutive suffix}} -uc (diminutive suffix), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*-uk}} Proto-West Germanic *-uk, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*-ukaz|pos=diminutive suffix}} Proto-Germanic *-ukaz (diminutive suffix), {{cog|osx|-ik|pos=diminutive suffix}} Old Saxon -ik (diminutive suffix), {{cog|de|-ich}} German -ich, {{cog|gml|-ken|pos=diminutive suffix}} Middle Low German -ken (diminutive suffix), {{cog|dum|-kin}} Middle Dutch -kin, {{cog|non|-kr|pos=diminutive suffix}} Old Norse -kr (diminutive suffix), {{l|en|-kin}} -kin Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -ock, {{en-suffix}} -ock
  1. Forming nouns from nouns, originally with a diminutive sense. Tags: morpheme Synonyms: -ick Related terms: -kin, -ling, -en

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    },
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "-ok",
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      "expansion": "Old English -oc",
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      "args": {
        "1": "de",
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      },
      "expansion": "German -ich",
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    },
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        "1": "gml",
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      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German -ken (diminutive suffix)",
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      "expansion": "Middle Dutch -kin",
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      "expansion": "Old Norse -kr (diminutive suffix)",
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        {
          "text": "hillock, haddock, bullock, Drillock, ballock, maddock, paddock"
        }
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        "2": "-ik",
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    {
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    },
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        "2": "-ken",
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      },
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    },
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    },
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        "2": "-kr",
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      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse -kr (diminutive suffix)",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "-kin"
      },
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      "word": "-ling"
    },
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    }
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        "English links with redundant target parameters",
        "English suffixes",
        "English terms derived from Middle English",
        "English terms derived from Old English",
        "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
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        "English terms inherited from Old English",
        "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "hillock, haddock, bullock, Drillock, ballock, maddock, paddock"
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "-ick"
    }
  ],
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}

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