Contionary:-ig

Enventian

Etymology

Confluence of Old Enventian -ig and -iga (in most dialects) first from Proto-West Germanic *-g, second from Proto-Germanic *-gaz. Some dialects, specially in Nornwen, Sjarstäd and Sankt Dedk (Northwest), distinguish -ig ([ɪχ]) from -ige ([ɪgə]). In the rest of the North the form -ige and -ig coexist in-distinctively in spoken language, but -ige is never written.

Pronunciation

• (North) IPA: [ɪk], [ɪgə] (archaic) [ɪg]
  • (Nornwen, Sjarstäd) IPA: [ɪχ]
  • (S.D.) IPA: [ɪç]
• (South):
  • (stressed): IPA: [ɪg]
  • (unstressed): IPA: [əg]
    • (before k, g, b and p): IPA: [ə]
  • (Jouvermarken): IPA: [əʔ]

Suffix

-ig

1. -y (used to form adjectives from nouns or adjectives)

   rjech > rjechig

   law > legal

   stöquan > stökig

   to surprise > surprising

   swinlhen > swinlhig

   to get dizzy > dizzy

Skundavisk

Etymology

From Middle Skundavisk -ig, from Old Skundavisk -iga, -ga, from Halmisk -ᚷᚨ (-ga), -ᚷᚨᛉ (-gaŕ), from Proto-Germanic *-gaz. In Proto-Germanic and Halmisk, forms in -ag-, -ig- and -ug- existed depending on the final vowel of the root. However, the -ig- form superseded the others during the Old Skundavisk phase, often causing umlaut of the root vowel.

Pronunciation

• (stressed) IPA: /ɪj/
• (unstressed) IPA: /ɪ/

Suffix

-ig

1. -y (used to form adjectives from nouns or adjectives)

   stål > stælig

   steel > steely