Where does “-inger” come from?

-inger (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse -ingr, from Proto-Germanic -ingaz — Forms derivatives of nouns with sense of...

-inger (Old Swedish): Added to a noun stem, effecting i-mutation (if applicable), forming a noun denoting an inhabitant or original of a particular place, a student of a particular school, etc

Definitions

  1. Added to a noun stem, effecting i-mutation (if applicable), forming a noun denoting an inhabitant or original of a particular place, a student of a particular school, etc

Ancestry of “-inger”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norse-ingrone belonging to”, “one who frequents
2Proto-Germanic-ingazForms derivatives of nouns with sense of...

Words derived from “-inger”

Every word from Proto-Germanic -ingaz →Every word from Old Norse -ingr →