Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗Forming diminutive or affectionate forms of nouns or names. · Forming feminine or gender‐neutral forms of given names. · Forms colloquial clippings (often functioning as familiarizers), truncating the root to a single stressed syllable. · Forming colloquial nouns signifying the person or thing associated with the suffixed noun or verb.
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English -ie Variant spelling of -y, with the spelling possibly influenced by the cognate Scots -ie.
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- Derivation mention-iesco
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