Morpheme
-y
Type
suffix
Denotation
adjective suffix denoting “full of, characterized by, inclined to”
Etymology
Middle English -y, -i; Old English -iġ
Evidence
angry, buttery, clingy, crispy, crunchy, drowsy, easy, funky, fuzzy, germy, gressory, gunky, happy, heavy, itchy, jammy, kitschy, knotty, lemony, lengthy, messy, noisy, oily, peachy, quizzy, raggedy, rheumy, runny, sooty, sticky, summery, touchy, urpy, velvety, wintry, worthy, yucky, zesty
