Where does “-or” come from?

-or (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀ, from Proto-Germanic -ōz, from Proto-Indo-European -oes.

-or (Old English): suffix forming adjectives from verbs denoting...

Definitions

  1. suffix forming adjectives from verbs denoting...

Ancestry of “-or”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*-ōʀ
2Proto-Germanic-ōzForms the
3Proto-Indo-European-oes
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -oesEvery word from Proto-Germanic -ōzEvery word from Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀ