-icge

• -eċġe, -iċe, -iċ

From Proto-West Germanic *-ggjā, from Proto-Germanic *-gjǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *-ikyeh₂. Cognate with Middle Low German -igge, -ige, -ege, Middle Dutch -igge, -egge (modern Dutch -egge), Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa).

• IPA^(key): /ij.je/, [id.d͡ʒe]

-iċġe

1. (feminine) noun suffix denoting a female agent

   ācenniċġe ― mother

   huntiċġe ― huntress

   sċeriċġe ― actress

Weak n-stem:

• -estre, -isse, *-ild