-ari
Faroese
noun
Definitions
- er, -or; a masculine suffix used to form agent nouns from verb and noun stems
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse -ari (suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs) derived from Latin -ārius (of n-g, pertaining to).
Origin
Latin
-ārius
Gloss
of n-g, pertaining to
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -ri Finnish
- -ārius Latin
- -ātor Latin
- -ario Italian
- -aar Dutch, Flemish
- -ario Spanish, Castilian
- -ero Spanish, Castilian
- -er Norwegian Bokmål
- *-ārijaz Proto-Germanic
- *-ōzô Proto-Germanic
- -are Swedish
- -ari Old Norse
- -aire Old French
- -erie Old French
- -ier Old French
- -or Old French
- -ari Catalan, Valencian
- -er Catalan, Valencian
- -ari Icelandic
- -ario Ido
- -aire Old Irish
- -eiro Old Portuguese
- -ar Aromanian
- -ièr Occitan
- -erie xno