Old English · suffix

-læcan

Part of speech: suffix
IPA: /læː.t͡ʃɑn/
Syllables: læː · t͡ʃɑn (2 syllables)

Meaning

verbal suffix (combining form) denoting action, process or making (compare English -ify), from lǣcan, a derivative of lāc noun suffix denoting activity or process
cūþlǣċan
to make known, befriend
to become, turn, grow
ǣfenlǣċan
to become evening

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *laikaną Proto-Germanic *laikijaną Proto-West Germanic *laikijan Old English lǣċan Old English -læcan From Proto-West Germanic *laikijan, from Proto-Germanic *laikijaną; related to Old English lāc (“sport, play, action”).

Descendants

freeledge, knowledge

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