-yssh

Middle English

Alternative forms

• -ysshe, -yssch, -yssche, -ish, -ysh, -ishe, -yshe, -iȝsh, -yȝsh, -ishs, -yshs, -esh, -eshe, -ysse, -isse, -yse, -ise, -ys, -is, -ijs, -esse, -es, -ysce, -isce, -yssce, -issce, -yche, -ych, -iche, -ich, -as, -sæ, -ce, -ez, -isc, -ysc, -ychs, -ichs, -ech, -iske, -yske, -isch, -ische

Etymology

From Old English -isc and Old Norse -isk, both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *-iskaz, with some influence from Old French -ais, -eis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iʃ/

Suffix

-yssh

1. Affixed to nouns designating races, peoples and languages to form adjectives that describe them.
2. Affixed to nouns to form adjectives that describe something as being similar or like in nature to the base noun.

Derived terms

Middle English terms suffixed with -yssh

childissh

develissh

Duchish

elvyssh

Englisch

foles

folisch

glewysch

iudeisc

Judewissh

ledish

merssh

monyssh

servish

snowisshe

sonnyssh

swartish

thedisch

thevysch

Walsch

wommanyssh

Descendants

• English: -ish
• Scots: -is, -ish, -isch

References

• “-ish, suf.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 16 June 2018.