-igr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

-agr, -ugr

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *-īgaz, made up from the stem of the preceding word, together with *-gaz. Confer with English -y. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-kos, whence also Latin -cus.

Suffix

-igr

-y

Derived terms

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Synonyms

-óttr

Descendants

Icelandic: -igur, -ugur
Faroese: -igur, -ugur
Norwegian Nynorsk: -ig, -ug
Norwegian Bokmål: -ig
Swedish: -ig
Danish: -ig

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