Etymology Explorer › Middle High German

Where does “-ære” come from?

-ære (Middle High German) comes from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

Ancestry of “-ære”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High German-āri—
2Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
3Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
4Latin-ārius—
5Proto-Italic*-āzios—

Words derived from “-ære”

  • browser
  • hamburger
  • Frankfurter
  • burger
  • Schwarzenegger
  • flak
  • swindle
  • swindler
  • Shriver
  • Yeager
  • bummer
  • Rottweiler
  • frankfurter
  • kaempferol
  • jaeger
  • schlager
  • zeitgeber
  • spieler
  • yager
  • microbrowser
  • diener
  • Rottie
  • Künstlerroman
  • dihydrokaempferol
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