Where does “slagter” come from?

slagter (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch slachter, from Dutch -er, from Old Dutch -āri, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

slagter (Afrikaans): butcher

Definitions

  1. butcher

Ancestry of “slagter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchslachterslaughterer
2Dutch-erForms agent nouns from verbs; Forms nouns for a...
3Old Dutch-āri—
4Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
5Latin-āriuser
6Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “slagter”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Dutch -er →