Where does “kalur” come from?

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

kalur (Estonian): fisher

Definitions

  1. fisher

Ancestry of “kalur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonian-rForms various agent nouns
2Old Norse-aria suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;...
3Latin-āriuser
4Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Old Norse -ari →