-óttr

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Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Norse *-ᛟᚺᛏᚨᛉ (*-ohtaʀ)[1] from Proto-Germanic *-uhtaz.

Suffix[edit]

-óttr

  1. suffix used to create adjectives, meaning more or less the same as -igr and -ugr
    frekna (freckle) + ‎-óttr → ‎freknóttr (freckly, freckled, having freckles)

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: -óttur
  • Faroese: -utur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: -ete, -et, -ut
  • Norwegian Bokmål: -et, -ete
  • Swedish: -ad, -t
  • Danish: -et

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ragnvald Iversen, Norrøn grammatikk, sjette rev. utgave 1961; page 210