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-ikin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.62 in modern English

Syllables
-ikin
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

suffix

Alternative form of -kin (diminutive suffix).

Etymology

From Middle English -ekyn. Representing Proto-West Germanic *-ikīn, *-ukīn, a double diminutive, from *-ik, *-uk (> Old English -oc) + *-īn (compare Old English -en). Possibly influenced by Dutch, Middle Dutch, and Old Dutch diminutives ending in -eken and -ekijn and their English borrowings, such as Old Dutch spelleken (English spilikin), Middle Dutch cannekijn /kanneken (English canakin /canikin /cannikin), mannekijn (Dutch manneken, English manikin /mannikin), minnekijn (English minikin), and Dutch godeken (English goddikin /godkin), or other English formations with -kin ending in -ikin, such as bodikin, boikin, sillikin, and the possibly so formed larrikin.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -ekyn, *-ikīn

Questions

What does -ikin mean?
Alternative form of -kin (diminutive suffix).
Where does -ikin come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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