-óttr
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Norse *-uhtaʀ[1] from Proto-Germanic *-uhtaz.
Suffix
-óttr
- suffix used to create adjectives, meaning more or less the same as -igr and -ugr
- frekna (“freckle”) + -óttr → freknóttr (“freckly, freckled, having freckles”)
Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Old_Norse_words_suffixed_with_-%C3%B3ttr' title='Category:Old Norse words suffixed with -óttr'>Old Norse words suffixed with -óttr</a>
- glófoxóttr
- grábildóttr
- hornóttr
- leiróttr
- rauðdropóttr
- svartblesóttr
- vikóttr
Descendants
- Danish: -et
- Faroese: -utur
- Icelandic: -óttur
- Norwegian (Nynorsk): -ete, -t
- Norwegian (Bokmål): -et, -ete, -t
- Swedish: -ad, -t
- Westrobothnian: -ut, -øt, -at
References
- Ragnvald Iversen, Norrøn grammatikk, sjette rev. utgave 1961; page 210