Where does “Reißer” come from?

Reißer (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).

Reißer (German): thriller, blockbuster, pot boiler (successful book or film, often said of the ones produced only for profit)

Definitions

  1. thriller, blockbuster, pot boiler (successful book or film, often said of the ones produced only for profit)

Ancestry of “Reißer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1German-erForms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to...
2Old High German-āriused to form agent nouns
3Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
4Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
5Latin-āriuser
6Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “Reißer”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from German -er →