Re[2]: [tied] German Suffix "-isch"

At 2:50:43 PM on Saturday, December 25, 2004, alex wrote:

> Brian M. Scott wrote:

>> At 2:16:54 PM on Saturday, December 25, 2004, alex wrote:

>>> German "-isch", English "-ish", is this suffix going
>>> back to PGmc. "-eske" or is there an another explanation
>>> ?

>> PGmc *-iska-, I believe.

> Hmmm, I doubt about the last vowel. I assume there is an
> palatal vowel as well.

No. The suffix is Gothic <-isks>, ON <-iskr>, OSax <-isk>,
OHG <-isc> (becoming <-isch> in MHG). This is from PGmc
*-iska-, I believe from PIE *-isko-.

Brian