Where does “-ler” come from?
-ler (German) comes from German -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
-ler (German): used to create agent nouns, similar to -er
Definitions
- used to create agent nouns, similar to -er
Ancestry of “-ler”, step by step
Words derived from “-ler”
- ostler
- rattler
- Künstlerroman
- ostleress
- Eigenbrötler
- Radler
- Sportler
- Wissenschaftler
- Künstler
- Hülsenfrüchtler
- Freiberufler
- Muttersprachler
- Sprachwissenschaftler
- Strafrechtler
- Gewerkschaftler
- Frauenrechtler
- umstürzlerisch
- Hinterbänkler
- geschmäcklerisch
- hinterbänkler
- Computerwissenschaftler
- Tonkünstler
- Abweichler
- Achtklässler