-ern

See also: ern, ERN, and Ern

English

Etymology

In form, from Middle English -erne, -ern, -ren, -ron (northern(e), northron, so(u)thern(e), sothron, etc), from Old English -erne (norþerne, etc), from Proto-Germanic *-r- (probably from rebracketing of *nurþrōnijaz etc) + *-ōnijaz, whence also Old High German -rōni, Old Saxon -rōni, Old Norse -rœnn / Old Norse -œnn. In practice, possibly a back-formation from northern, southern, etc.

(Contrast the -ern in hāligern, etc, which is related to ærn (place).)

Suffix

-ern

  1. (nonstandard outside fossilized words) Added to the names of directions to form adjectives.

Derived terms

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [-ɐn]
  • (file)

Suffix

-ern

  1. (clarification of this definition is needed) Alternative form of -en
  2. makes adjectives with the meaning "made out of"

Derived terms

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English -ern, from ærn (place).

Suffix

-ern

  1. Denotes a place related to the noun it attaches to

Etymology 2

From Old English -erne.

Suffix

-ern

  1. Alternative form of -erne

Descendants


Old English

Etymology 1

From adjectival use of -ærn (noun suffix denoting location), from ærn (place).

Suffix

-ern

  1. Suffix meaning "a place".
    hāliġ (holy) + -ernhāligern (sanctuary, holy place)

Alternative forms

  • -ærn

Descendants

  • Middle English: -ern

Etymology 2

Variant of -erne.

Suffix

-ern

  1. Suffix meaning "toward a place"; alternative form of -erne

Descendants

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