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-ock
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ock öck Ock
English
Alternative forms
en -ick -ik dialectal
Etymology
en :inh enm:-ok
From en enm -ock, enm -ok, enm -uk, enm -uck, from en ang -oc, ang -uc diminutive suffix, from en gmw-pro *-uk, from en gem-pro *-ukaz diminutive suffix.
Akin to osx -ik diminutive suffix, de -ich, gml -ken diminutive suffix, dum -kin, non -kr diminutive suffix. More at en -kin.
Suffix
Forming nouns from nouns, originally with a diminutive sense.
en hillock hillock, en haddock haddock, en bullock bullock, en Drillock Drillock, en ballock ballock, en maddock maddock, en paddock paddock
Derived terms
en
See also
en -kin -le -ling -en
Anagrams
en cko OKC
en diminutive suffixes