-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

bittock

bollock

bullock

burrock

buttock

clippock

daffock

donkey

dovekie

Drillock

dunnock

fillock

futtock

gallock

gammock

gavelock

geddock

gullick

haddock

hattock

hickock

hillock

hummock

laddock

lassock

maddock

mammock

mattock

meacock

minnock

mullock

murrick

muzzock

niblick

niddicock

paddock

parrock

pinnock

playock

puttock

rack

ruddock

sillock

snippock

stirk

tussock

wazzock

whinnock

wretchock

See also

• -kin
• -ling
• -en

Anagrams

• OKC