Where does “-bar” come from?

-bar (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Middle Low German -bâr, from Old Saxon -bāri, from Proto-Germanic bēriz — bearable, fruitful, viable; pertaining to...

-bar (Norwegian Bokmål): Used to form adjectives from verbs, especially expressing that something can, may, or is suitable to undergo the specified action; broadly equivalent to English -able or -ible

Definitions

  1. Used to form adjectives from verbs, especially expressing that something can, may, or is suitable to undergo the specified action; broadly equivalent to English -able or -ible

Ancestry of “-bar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low German-bâr—
2Old Saxon-bārisuffix meaning bearing, having
3Proto-Germanicbērizbearable, fruitful, viable; pertaining to...

Words derived from “-bar”

Every word from Proto-Germanic bēriz →Every word from Middle Low German -bâr →Every word from Old Saxon -bāri →