Where does “schlager” come from?
schlager (Swedish) comes from Swedish Schlager, 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).
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Ancestry of “schlager”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | Schlager | hit |
| 2 | German | Schläger | agent noun of schlagen |
| 3 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 4 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 7 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |