-lech

Etymology
From, from , from.

Suffix

 * 1) -like, -ly, -ous

Etymology
Often taken to derive from earlier, (etc), from the  collective suffix  (🇨🇬, , as in ), with the origin of the -l- being unclear (some instances seem to be attested as early as Old High German, e.g. , whence ). The suffix is found on singular as well as plural nouns, often with collective meaning but sometimes with diminutive meaning; in various dialects and descendants, it came to be treated as a plural of the diminutive suffix -l. Sometimes connected to 🇨🇬 (whence 🇨🇬) instead.