Where does “skeinkjari” come from?

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

skeinkjari (Faroese): one who pours out

Definitions

  1. one who pours out

Ancestry of “skeinkjari”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Faroese-aríer, -or; a masculine suffix used to form agent nouns from verb and noun stems
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 →