"-ig" meaning in Old Dutch

See -ig in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *-g, from Proto-Germanic *-īgaz, *-agaz, *-ugaz. Etymology templates: {{inh|odt|gmw-pro|*-g}} Proto-West Germanic *-g, {{inh|odt|gem-pro|*-īgaz}} Proto-Germanic *-īgaz Head templates: {{head|odt|suffix|cat2=adjective-forming suffixes}} -ig
  1. -y; forms adjectives from nouns. Tags: morpheme
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "lang_code": "nl",
          "word": "-ig"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle Dutch",
      "lang_code": "dum",
      "word": "-ich"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "lang_code": "nl",
          "word": "-ig"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle Dutch",
      "lang_code": "dum",
      "word": "-ech"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*-g",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-g"
    ],
    [
      "*-īgaz",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-īgaz"
    ],
    [
      "*-agaz",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-agaz"
    ],
    [
      "*-ugaz",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-ugaz"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "odt",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*-g"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *-g",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "odt",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*-īgaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *-īgaz",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *-g, from Proto-Germanic *-īgaz, *-agaz, *-ugaz.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "odt",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "adjective-forming suffixes"
      },
      "expansion": "-ig",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Dutch",
  "lang_code": "odt",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 16 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "-y; forms adjectives from nouns."
      ],
      "id": "en--ig-odt-suffix-yKkx6zsj",
      "links": [
        [
          "-y",
          "-y"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ig"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages using catfix",
    "Pages with 16 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "lang_code": "nl",
          "word": "-ig"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle Dutch",
      "lang_code": "dum",
      "word": "-ich"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "lang_code": "nl",
          "word": "-ig"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle Dutch",
      "lang_code": "dum",
      "word": "-ech"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*-g",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-g"
    ],
    [
      "*-īgaz",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-īgaz"
    ],
    [
      "*-agaz",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-agaz"
    ],
    [
      "*-ugaz",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-ugaz"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "odt",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*-g"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *-g",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "odt",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*-īgaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *-īgaz",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *-g, from Proto-Germanic *-īgaz, *-agaz, *-ugaz.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "odt",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "adjective-forming suffixes"
      },
      "expansion": "-ig",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Dutch",
  "lang_code": "odt",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Dutch adjective-forming suffixes",
        "Old Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Dutch lemmas",
        "Old Dutch suffixes",
        "Old Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages with 16 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "-y; forms adjectives from nouns."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-y",
          "-y"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ig"
}

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