Etymology

-k

Today it means: A suffix found in verbs of Middle English, Old English, usually with an intensive or frequentative effect. Full definition →

Middle English -ken ← Old English -cian ← Proto-West Germanic *-ukōn
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-k · suffix1

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*-ukōną
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*-ukōn
  3. Old English · inherited from-cian
  4. Middle English · inherited from-ken
  5. English today-k

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.

-k · suffix2

  1. Old English · inherited from-(u)c
  2. Middle English · inherited from-ke
  3. English today-k

From Middle English -ke, from Old English -(u)c and -ca (diminutive suffix). More at -ock.

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