Where does “flakkari” come from?

flakkari (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic -arí, from Old Norse -ari, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

flakkari (Icelandic): wanderer, vagrant

Definitions

  1. wanderer, vagrant

Ancestry of “flakkari”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandic-aríer, -or; a masculine suffix used to form agent nouns from verb and noun stems
2Old Norse-aria suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;...
3Latin-āriuser
4Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “flakkari

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āziosEvery word from Latin -āriusEvery word from Icelandic -arí