Where does “Schäffler” come from?

Schäffler (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).

Schäffler (German): cooper

Definitions

  1. cooper

Ancestry of “Schäffler”, 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)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →