Where does “-lingur” come from?

-lingur (Faroese) comes from Old Norse -lingr, from Proto-Germanic -ilingaz, from Proto-Germanic -ilaz, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

-lingur (Faroese): Forms diminutives of nouns

Definitions

  1. Forms diminutives of nouns

Ancestry of “-lingur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norse-lingrForms noun-derivatives with sense of 'belonging...
2Proto-Germanic-ilingazForms noun-derivatives with sense of 'belonging...
3Proto-Germanic-ilazagent suffix; diminutive suffix
4Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “-lingur”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Proto-Germanic -ilaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic -ilingaz →