-igr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Suffix

-igr

  1. -y

Synonyms

Derived terms
Old Norse terms suffixed with -agr
Old Norse terms suffixed with -igr
Old Norse terms suffixed with -ugr

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