-ᛃᚨᛉ

Proto-Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *-jaz.

Suffix

-ᛃᚨᛉ (-jaʀ)

  1. 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
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