Where does “-estere” come from?

-estere (Middle English) comes from Old English -estre, from Proto-West Germanic *-astrijā — ress.

-estere (Middle English): ster, -ress

Definitions

  1. ster, -ress

Ancestry of “-estere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old English-estrefemale agent suffix, especially denoting one who...
2Proto-West Germanic*-astrijāress

Words derived from “-estere”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *-astrijā →Every word from Old English -estre →