Where does “-óttur” come from?

-óttur (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse -óttr, from Proto-Germanic -uhtaz.

-óttur (Icelandic): set with a pattern or characterized by a certain...

Definitions

  1. set with a pattern or characterized by a certain...

Ancestry of “-óttur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norse-óttrsuffix used to create adjectives, meaning more or...
2Proto-Germanic-uhtaz—

Words derived from “-óttur”

Every word from Proto-Germanic -uhtaz →Every word from Old Norse -óttr →