View source for -ik-

{{morpheme
|type_morpheme=derivational
|function=hypocoristic (?)
|language=Celtic
|analysis_phonemic=-/{{p|i}}{{p|k}}/-
|from_pie=*-''i-k''(''o'')-
|from_protocelt=*-''ik''-
|checklevel=1
|problem=mehr/neuere Literatur?
}}
== Commentary ==
Adjectival ''k''-suffix, indicating appurtenance; -''ik''- through recutting (cf. cf. {{m||-uk-}} and {{m||-āk-}}). See {{bib|Russell 1990}}: 8–12 for the IE evidence. In Celtic, lexical and onomastic Ir. -''ach'', MW -''ic'', ModW -''ig''/-''eg'', Corn. -''ic'', OBret. -''ic''/-''ec'' (Insular Celtic material in {{bib|Russell 1990}}). See {{bib|Russell 1990}}: 29–116 for the distribution and derivation of the Insular Celtic suffixes, and specifically p. 68–76 on -''īk''- vs. -''ik''. Continental Celtic, where the length can be determined, has only the variant with short ''i'' (ibid. p. 70; {{bib|Lambert 1994}}: 34). On the continent, the suffix cannot always be certainly identified as Celtic, as it is also productive in Latin, Venetic and Greek ({{bib|Russell 1988}}: 131). It is frequent in Continental Celtic primarily in ethnonyms (cf. also G-203 ''ματρεβο ναμαυσικαβο'' 'to the Mothers of Nîmes'), but rare in personal names ({{bib|Russell 1990}}: 14 f., {{bib|Stüber 2005}}: 72).
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