Where does “hofteholder” come from?
hofteholder (Danish) comes from Danish holder, from Danish -er, from Old Norse -ari, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.
hofteholder (Danish): garter belt, suspender belt; girdle
Definitions
- garter belt, suspender belt; girdle
Ancestry of “hofteholder”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Danish | holder | holder; present tense of holde |
| 2 | Danish | -er | Forms agent nouns from verbs, with the sense... |
| 3 | Old Norse | -ari | a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;... |
| 4 | Latin | -ārius | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | — |