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Where does “nauðgari” come from?

nauðgari (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic -arí, from Old Norse -ari, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

nauðgari (Icelandic): rapist, raper

Definitions

  1. rapist, raper

Ancestry of “nauðgari”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandic-arí—
2Old Norse-aria suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;...
3Latin-ārius—
4Proto-Italic*-āzios—
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