Where does “holder” come from?

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

holder (Danish): holder; present tense of holde

Definitions

  1. holder; present tense of holde

Ancestry of “holder”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danish-erForms agent nouns from verbs, with the sense...
2Old Norse-aria suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;...
3Latin-āriuser
4Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “holder

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āziosEvery word from Latin -āriusEvery word from Danish -er