Where does “slagar” come from?

slagar (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Schläger, from German -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

slagar (Serbo-Croatian): typesetter

Definitions

  1. typesetter

Ancestry of “slagar”, step by step

slagar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Schläger

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchlägeragent noun of schlagen
2German-erForms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to...
3Old High German-āriused to form agent nouns
4Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
5Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
6Latin-āriuser
7Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

via Serbo-Croatian slòžiti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianslòžitito pile, stack, heap
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āziosEvery word from Latin -āriusEvery word from German -er