-ᛃᚨᛉ
Proto-Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *-jaz.
Suffix
-ᛃᚨᛉ (-jaʀ)
- nominal suffix denoting origin or descent
- *ᚺᛟᛚᛏᚨ (*holta, “wood, Holt”) + -ᛃᚨᛉ (-jaʀ) > ᚺᛟᛚᛏᛁᛃᚨᛉ (holtijaʀ, “the one from the wood/the descendant of Holt”)
Inflection
(For more information on the following alternation see Sievers's law).
Following a short stem, which consists of a short vowel followed by a single consonant, the suffix remains -ᛃᚨᛉ (-jaʀ), but following a long stem, which has either a long vowel or diphthong, or a short vowel followed by several consonants it becomes -ᛁᛃᚨᛉ (-ijaʀ).
Derived terms
Proto-Norse terms suffixed with -ᛃᚨᛉ