Where does “digter” come from?

digter (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch dichter, from Middle Dutch dichtere, from Middle Dutch -ere, from Old Dutch -āri, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

digter (Afrikaans): poet

Definitions

poet

Ancestry of “digter”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Dutch	dichter	poet
2	Middle Dutch	dichtere	writer
3	Middle Dutch	-ere	Forms agent nouns from verbs
4	Old Dutch	-āri	—
5	Proto-Germanic	-ārijaz	-er
6	Latin	-ārius	er
7	Proto-Italic	*-āzios	Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz →