Etymology

-ie

Today it means: Forming diminutive or affectionate forms of nouns or names. Full definition →

Scots -ie
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-ie · suffix1

  1. Scots · derived from-ie
  2. English today-ie

Variant spelling of -y, with the spelling possibly influenced by the cognate Scots -ie.

-ie · suffix2

Variant spelling of -y (adjectival suffix).

-ie · suffix3

  1. Proto-Indo-European*swé?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*selbʰ-
  3. Proto-Germanic*selbaz
  4. Old Englishself
  5. Middle Englishself
  6. Englishself
  7. Englishselfiebf.
  8. English today-ie

Back-formation from selfie.

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