Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-ārī

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz.

Suffix

*-ārī m

-er; creates agent nouns from verbs.

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

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Descendants

Old English: -ere, -re
- Middle English: -ere, -are, -er
  - 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
  - Cimbrian: -ar
  - German: -er
  - Luxembourgish: -er
  - Yiddish: ־ער‎ (-er)