Where does “kijker” come from?

kijker (Dutch) comes from Dutch -er, from Old Dutch -āri, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

kijker (Dutch): telescope; pair of binoculars; viewer

Definitions

  1. telescope; pair of binoculars; viewer

Ancestry of “kijker”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutch-erForms agent nouns from verbs; Forms nouns for a...
2Old Dutch-āri
3Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
4Latin-āriuser
5Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “kijker

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios