Where does “Yeager” come from?
Yeager is an English surname derived from German Jäger with the German agentive suffix -er, from Middle High German -er, ultimately tracing to Proto-Germanic -ārijaz meaning "one who does" and Proto-Indo-European wer- meaning "to do or make."
Ancestry of “Yeager”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Jäger | hunter; fighter; light infantry |
| 2 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 3 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |