Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-ārī

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz.

Suffix

*-ārī m

1. -er; creates agent nouns from other nouns.

Inflection

Masculine ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*-ārī
Genitive	*-ārijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*-ārī	*-ārijō, *-ārijōs
Accusative	*-ārī	*-ārijā
Genitive	*-ārijas	*-ārijō
Dative	*-ārijē	*-ārijum
Instrumental	*-āriju	*-ārijum

Derived terms

Proto-West Germanic terms suffixed with *-ārī

Descendants

• Old English: -ere, -re
  • Middle English: -er, -are, -ere
    • English: -er
    • Scots: -ar
• Old Frisian: -ere
  • Saterland Frisian: -er
  • West Frisian: -er
• Old Saxon: -āri
  • Middle Low German: -ære, -ēre, -ere
    • Low German: -er
• Old Dutch: *-āri, -ere
  • Middle Dutch: -ere
    • Dutch: -er, -aar
      • Afrikaans: -er
    • Limburgish: -er
• Old High German: -āri, -ari, -eri
  • Middle High German: -ære, -er
    • Alemannic German: -er
    • Bavarian: -er
    • Cimbrian: -ar
    • German: -er
    • Luxembourgish: -er
    • Yiddish: ־ער (-er)