-ri
Finnish
suffix
Definitions
- Used to create names of occupations from nouns or verbs.
- (slang) Used to create terms meaning "supporter of something"
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Norse -ari (suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs) derived from Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz derived from Latin -ārius (of n-g, pertaining to).
Origin
Latin
-ārius
Gloss
of n-g, pertaining to
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -arius Latin
- -ārius Latin
- -ātor Latin
- -ario Italian
- -aar Dutch, Flemish
- -ario Spanish, Castilian
- -ero Spanish, Castilian
- -er Norwegian Bokmål
- *-ārijaz Proto-Germanic
- *-ōzô Proto-Germanic
- *rīmą Proto-Germanic
- -are Swedish
- -ere Old English
- -re Old English
- -ari Old Norse
- *-ařь Proto-Slavic
- -aire Old French
- -erie Old French
- -ier Old French
- -or Old French
- -ari Catalan, Valencian
- -er Catalan, Valencian
- -ari Icelandic
- -ari Old High German
- -āri Old High German
- -ario Ido
- -aire Old Irish
- -ari Faroese
- -er Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- -𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 Gothic
- *-āri Old Dutch
- -eiro Old Portuguese
- -ari Old Saxon
- -ar Aromanian
- -ièr Occitan
- -erie xno
- ᚱᚨᚢᚾᛁᛃᚨᛉ Proto-Norse