Where does “-ar” come from?

-ar (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse -ar, from Proto-Germanic -ōz, from Proto-Indo-European -oes.

-ar (Norwegian Nynorsk): Used to form regular indefinite plurals of most...

Definitions

  1. Used to form regular indefinite plurals of most...

Ancestry of “-ar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norse-arplural; possessive
2Proto-Germanic-ōzForms the
3Proto-Indo-European-oes—

Words derived from “-ar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -oes →Every word from Old Norse -ar →Every word from Proto-Germanic -ōz →