Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *-iskazScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_iskaz
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Grundriss der vergleichenden Grammatik der indogermanischen Sprachen: Zweiter Band: Wortbildungslehre (Stammbildungs- und Flexionslehre)KarlBrugmannKarl J. Trübner1892Nominale Stammbildungslehre der altgermanischen DialekteFriedrichKlugeMax Niemayer1899-ισκοςforms diminutive nouns*-iskoscharacteristic of, typical of, pertaining to*-ko-sforms deadjectival and desubstantival adjectives denoting the characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to*-is-to-forms superlatives*-iškas-ic, -ish, typical of, characterized by
adja-stemforms adjectives from nouns with the sense characteristic of X; pertaining to XFrom Proto-Indo-European *-iskos. Brugmann 1892: §90 notes the standard consensus, that the origin of the suffix was *-is-ko-s, where the *-is- possibly represents a fossilized form (perhaps from an s-stem or comparative ending) + *-ko-s, the common PIE adjective-forming suffix (cf. the PIE superlative formation in *-is-to-). Kluge 1899: §§209–210 considers this to be from PIE *-sko- with the *-i-being an intermediate/linking vowel. Cognates are Proto-Balto-Slavic *-iškas(though Brugmann 1892: §90 notes this may be a borrowing from Germanic) and Ancient Greek -ισκος, which only forms diminutives.