Where does “-er” come from?

-er (Danish) comes from Old Norse -ari, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

-er (Danish): Forms agent nouns from verbs, with the sense...

Definitions

  1. Forms agent nouns from verbs, with the sense...

Ancestry of “-er”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norse-aria suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;...
2Latin-āriuser
3Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “-er

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āziosEvery word from Latin -āriusEvery word from Old Norse -ari