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-ikin
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ikin i̱kinꞌ Ikin
English
Etymology
From en enm -ekyn. Representing en gmw-pro *-ikīn, gmw-pro *-ukīn, a double diminutive, from gmw-pro *-ik, gmw-pro *-uk (> ang -oc) + gmw-pro *-īn (compare ang -en). Possibly influenced by nl -, dum -, and odt - diminutives ending in -eken and -ekijn and their English borrowings, such as odt spelleken (en spilikin), dum cannekijn//kanneken (en canakin//canikin//cannikin), dum mannekijn (nl manneken, en manikin//mannikin), dum minnekijn (en minikin), and nl godeken (en goddikin//godkin), or other en - formations with en -kin ending in en -ikin, such as en bodikin, en boikin, en sillikin, and the possibly so formed en larrikin.
Suffix
en -kin diminutive diminutive suffix.
Derived terms
en