-isc

-isc

1. alternative form of -yssh

• -ysċ

• IPA^(key): /iʃ/

From Proto-West Germanic *-isk.

-isċ

1. of or relating to: -ish

   ‎ċild (“child”) + ‎-isc → ‎ċildisċ (“childish”)

   ‎ielf (“elf”) + ‎-isc → ‎ielfisċ (“elvish”)

   ‎man (“person”) + ‎-isc → ‎mennisċ (“human”)

   ‎þēod (“nation”) + ‎-isc → ‎þēodisċ (“national”)

• Replaces Latin -icus in loanwords.
• Almost the only suffix used to form adjectives meaning "of some ethnic group or nationality": Frīsa (“a Frisian”) → Frīsisċ (“Frisian”). Other examples include Āfricānisċ (“African”), Arabisċ (“Arabian”), Assirisċ (“Assyrian”), Brettisċ (“British”), Centisċ (“Kentish”), Crēċisċ (“Greek”), Denisċ (“Danish”), Egyptisċ (“Egyptian”), Englisċ (“English”), Frenċisċ (“French/Frankish”), Gotisċ (“Gothic”), Indisċ (“Indian”), Iūdēisċ (“Jewish”), Ispānisċ (“Spanish”), Isrāēlisċ (“Israelite”), Langbeardisċ (“Lombardic”), Mæcedonisċ (“Macedonian”), Mierċisċ (“Mercian”), Norþanhymbrisċ (“Northumbrian”), Persisċ (“Persian”), Pihtisċ (“Pictish”), Rōmānisċ (“Roman”), Samaritānisċ (“Samaritan”), Sċyttisċ (“Scottish”), *Seaxisċ (“Saxon”), Sicilisċ (“Sicilian”), Syrisċ (“Syrian”), Syrofēnisċ (“Syrophoenician”), Troiānisċ (“Trojan”), and wīelisċ (“Welsh”). The word for "Ethiopian," Siġelhearwen, is a rare exception to this pattern.

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

From Proto-Germanic *-iską, *-iskiją.

• -isċe

-isċ

2. suffix forming nouns with a collective or group force

   þeġnisċ ― service, religious service, ministry

   hīwisċ ― household

   īdisċ ― property, household, family belongings, stuff

Strong a-stem:

From Proto-West Germanic *-isk, from Proto-Germanic *-iskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-iskos.

-isc

1. used to form adjectives

   himilisc (“heavenly”) from himil (“heaven”)

• Middle High German: -isch
  • German: -isch
    • → Dutch: -isch
      • Afrikaans: -ies
      • → Indonesian: -is
  • Central Franconian:
    • Hunsrik: -isch
    • Luxembourgish: -esch
  • Vilamovian: -yś
  • Yiddish: ־יש (-ish)