Where does “-baar” come from?

-baar (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch -bāer, from Old Saxon -bāri, from Proto-Germanic bēriz — bearable, fruitful, viable; pertaining to...

-baar (Dutch): -able, indicates an action can be performed

Definitions

  1. -able, indicates an action can be performed

Ancestry of “-baar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutch-bāer—
2Old Saxon-bārisuffix meaning bearing, having
3Proto-Germanicbērizbearable, fruitful, viable; pertaining to...

Words derived from “-baar”

Every word from Proto-Germanic bēriz →Every word from Old Saxon -bāri →Every word from Middle Dutch -bāer →