Where does “-ere” come from?

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

-ere (Norwegian Nynorsk): Usage as for Bokmål above

Definitions

  1. Usage as for Bokmål above

Ancestry of “-ere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norse-era—
2Middle High German-ierenused in verbs, indicating the action of doing...
3Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...
4Latin-āriuser
5Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “-ere”

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