Where does “човня́р” come from?

човня́р (Ukrainian) comes from Russian -яр, from Proto-Slavic -ařь, from Gothic -𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

човня́р (Ukrainian): boatman, boatsman, boater, waterman

Definitions

  1. boatman, boatsman, boater, waterman

Ancestry of “човня́р”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-ярUsually denoting occupation or agent. Compare to...
2Proto-Slavic-ařь-er
3Gothic-𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃-er
4Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
5Latin-āriuser
6Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “човня́р”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz →