Where does “-ar” come from?

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

-ar (Old Norse): plural; possessive

Definitions

  1. plural; possessive

Ancestry of “-ar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic-ōzForms the
2Proto-Indo-European-oes—

Words derived from “-ar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -oes →Every word from Proto-Germanic -ōz →