Where does “angstbiter” come from?
angstbiter (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål biter, from Norwegian Bokmål -er, from Danish -er, from Old Norse -ari, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.
angstbiter (Norwegian Bokmål): An aggressive animal; an animal that bites; A...
Definitions
- An aggressive animal; an animal that bites; A...
Ancestry of “angstbiter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | biter | a biter, someone who bites; indefinite plural of... |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | -er | person or thing that does an action indicated by... |
| 3 | Danish | -er | Forms agent nouns from verbs, with the sense... |
| 4 | Old Norse | -ari | a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;... |
| 5 | Latin | -ārius | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | — |