"-che" meaning in Pennsylvania German

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pdc",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "-ichin"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German -ichin",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pdc",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "-ihhīn"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German -ihhīn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pdc",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*-ikīną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *-ikīną",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "-chen"
      },
      "expansion": "German -chen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "-ke"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch -ke",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German -ichin, from Old High German -ihhīn, from Proto-Germanic *-ikīną, a double diminutive, from *-ikaz + *-īną (compare *-ukīn). Compare German -chen, Dutch -ke.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-cher",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pdc",
        "2": "suffix",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "-cher",
        "cat2": "diminutive suffixes"
      },
      "expansion": "-che (plural -cher)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Pennsylvania German",
  "lang_code": "pdc",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 7 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pennsylvania German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "-let, -ling, -kin"
      ],
      "id": "en--che-pdc-suffix-zuAe15m6",
      "links": [
        [
          "-let",
          "-let"
        ],
        [
          "-ling",
          "-ling"
        ],
        [
          "-kin",
          "-kin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(diminutive) -let, -ling, -kin"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-che"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pdc",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "-ichin"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German -ichin",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pdc",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "-ihhīn"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German -ihhīn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pdc",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*-ikīną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *-ikīną",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "-chen"
      },
      "expansion": "German -chen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "-ke"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch -ke",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German -ichin, from Old High German -ihhīn, from Proto-Germanic *-ikīną, a double diminutive, from *-ikaz + *-īną (compare *-ukīn). Compare German -chen, Dutch -ke.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-cher",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pdc",
        "2": "suffix",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "-cher",
        "cat2": "diminutive suffixes"
      },
      "expansion": "-che (plural -cher)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Pennsylvania German",
  "lang_code": "pdc",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages with 7 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pennsylvania German diminutive suffixes",
        "Pennsylvania German entries with incorrect language header",
        "Pennsylvania German lemmas",
        "Pennsylvania German suffixes",
        "Pennsylvania German terms derived from Middle High German",
        "Pennsylvania German terms derived from Old High German",
        "Pennsylvania German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Middle High German",
        "Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Old High German"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "-let, -ling, -kin"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-let",
          "-let"
        ],
        [
          "-ling",
          "-ling"
        ],
        [
          "-kin",
          "-kin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(diminutive) -let, -ling, -kin"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-che"
}