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Where does “hwistlere” come from?

hwistlere (Old English) comes from Old English -ere, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

hwistlere (Old English): piper, fluter, flautist

Definitions

  1. piper, fluter, flautist

Ancestry of “hwistlere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old English-eremasculine agent suffix, originally applied only...
2Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
3Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
4Latin-ārius—
5Proto-Italic*-āzios—

Words derived from “hwistlere”

  • whistler
  • whisteler
  • whystelare
  • whistlar
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