Where does “nisiar” come from?

nisiar (Albanian) comes from Albanian -ar, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

nisiar (Albanian): islander

Definitions

  1. islander

Ancestry of “nisiar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanian-ara suffix appended to words to create an agent noun, much like English -er/-or
2Latin-āriuser
3Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Albanian -ar →