Where does “-ster” come from?

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

Ancestry of “-ster”, step by step

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

Words derived from “-ster”

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