Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-wari

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 *warjaz.

Suffix

*-wari m

1. dweller, inhabitant, citizen

Inflection

Masculine ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*-wari
Genitive	*-warjas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*-wari	*-warjō, *-warjōs
Accusative	*-wari	*-warjā
Genitive	*-warjas	*-warjō
Dative	*-warjē	*-warjum
Instrumental	*-warju	*-warjum

Derived terms

Proto-West Germanic terms suffixed with *-wari

Descendants

The suffix was conflated with *-ārī in many languages, eventually causing both to be treated as one.

• Old English: -ware
  • Middle English: -ere
    • Scots: -ar, -er
    • English: -er
• Old Frisian: -ere
  • Saterland Frisian: -er
  • West Frisian: -er
• Old Saxon: *-āri
  • Middle Low German: -ære, -er
    • German Low German: -er
    • → Old Norse: -ari
      • Faroese: -ari
      • Old Swedish: -are
        • Swedish: -are
• Old Dutch: *-āri
  • Middle Dutch: -ere
    • Dutch: -er
• Old High German: -āri, -eri, -wari
  • Middle High German: -āre, -ære, -er
    • German: -er