-ock

See also: ock, öck, and Ock

English

Alternative forms

• -ick, -ik (dialectal)

Etymology

From Middle English -ock, -ok, -uk, -uck, from Old English -oc, -uc (diminutive suffix), from Proto-West Germanic *-uk, from Proto-Germanic *-ukaz (diminutive suffix).

Akin to Old Saxon -ik (diminutive suffix), German -ich, Middle Low German -ken (diminutive suffix), Middle Dutch -kin, Old Norse -kr (diminutive suffix). More at -kin.

Suffix

-ock

1. Forming nouns from nouns, originally with a diminutive sense.

   hillock, haddock, bullock, Drillock, ballock, maddock, paddock

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -ock

See also

• -kin
• -ling
• -en

Anagrams

• OKC