Appendix:Proto-Germanic/-ārijaz

This entry contains Proto-Germanic reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Latin -ārius.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɑː.ri.jɑz/

Noun

*-ārijaz m

1. -er. Forms agent nouns from verbs.

Declension

Declension of *-ārijaz (a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*-ārijaz	*-ārijōz, -ōs
Vocative	*-ārī	*-ārijōz, -ōs
Accusative	*-āriją	*-ārijanz
Genitive	*-ārijas, -īs	*-ārijǫ̂
Dative	*-ārijai	*-ārijamaz
Instrumental	*-ārijō	*-ārijamiz

Derived terms

[×] Proto-Germanic words suffixed with -ārijaz

Descendants

This suffix was conflated with the suffixal use of the noun *warjaz in many languages, eventually causing both to be treated as one.

• Old English: -ere
  • English: -er
• Old Frisian: -ere
• Old Saxon: -āri
• Old Dutch: *-āri, -ere
  • Middle Dutch: -ere
    • Dutch: -er, -aar
• Old High German: -āri
  • German: -er
  • Yiddish: ־ער (-er)
• Old Norse: -ari
  • Icelandic: -ari
  • Faroese: -ari
  • Norwegian: -er, -ar
  • Swedish: -are
  • Danish: -er
• Gothic: -𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (-areis)