Where does “-ieren” come from?

-ieren (Middle High German) comes from Old French -ier, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

-ieren (Middle High German): used in verbs, indicating the action of doing...

Definitions

  1. used in verbs, indicating the action of doing...

Ancestry of “-ieren”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...
2Latin-āriuser
3Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “-ieren”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Old French -ier →