Where does “Schnaufer” come from?

Schnaufer (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).

Schnaufer (German): gasp; audible breath

Definitions

  1. gasp; audible breath

Ancestry of “Schnaufer”, 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 “Schnaufer

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āziosEvery word from Latin -āriusEvery word from German -er