Where does “-r” come from?
-r (Estonian) comes from Old Norse -ari, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.
-r (Estonian): Forms various agent nouns
Definitions
- Forms various agent nouns
Ancestry of “-r”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | -ari | a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;... |
| 2 | Latin | -ārius | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | — |