Where does “skemmtari” come from?

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

skemmtari (Icelandic): a small electronic organ with built-in sound effects and automatic accompaniment; a home organ

Definitions

  1. a small electronic organ with built-in sound effects and automatic accompaniment; a home organ

Ancestry of “skemmtari”, 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)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Icelandic -arí →