Where does “sniffare” come from?
sniffare (Italian) comes from Swedish -are, from Old Swedish -are, from Old Norse -ari, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
sniffare (Italian): to sniff, to snort, to blow
Definitions
- to sniff, to snort, to blow
Ancestry of “sniffare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | -are | Regular construction of comparative: ful →... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | -are | a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs; such as væriare, from væria |
| 3 | Old Norse | -ari | a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;... |
| 4 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |