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Proto-Norse
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *-jaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-yós. Cognate with Latin -ius, Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios), Sanskrit -य (-ya).
Suffix
-ᛃᚨᛉ (-jaʀ)
- nominal suffix denoting origin or descent
- *ᚺᛟᛚᛏᚨ (*holta, “wood, Holt”) + -ᛃᚨᛉ (-jaʀ) > ᚺᛟᛚᛏᛁᛃᚨᛉ (holtijaʀ, “the one from the wood/the descendant of Holt”)
Usage notes
- Following a short stem, which consists of a short vowel followed by a single consonant, the suffix remains -ᛃᚨᛉ (-jaʀ), but following a long stem, which has either a long vowel or diphthong, or a short vowel followed by several consonants it becomes -ᛁᛃᚨᛉ (-ijaʀ). This phenomenon is called Sievers's law.
Derived terms
Category Proto-Norse terms suffixed with -ᛃᚨᛉ (origin) not found
Etymology 2
The agent noun suffix -ᚨᛉ (-aʀ) when found after class 1 weak verbs.
Suffix
-ᛃᚨᛉ (-jaʀ)
- used to create agent nouns from class 1 weak verbs
- *ᚱᚨᚢᚾᛁᛃᚨᚾ (*raunijan, “to test”) + -ᛃᚨᛉ (-jaʀ) → ᚱᚨᚢᚾᛁᛃᚨᛉ (raunijaʀ, “tester”)
Derived terms
Descendants