-naðr
See also: naðr
Old Norse
Etymology
From Old Norse -n- + -aðr. This is the result of a wrong segmentation: when the word stem had a final n, the speakers thought that the n was part of a -naðr suffix. For example, jafn-aðr was re-interpreted as jaf-naðr.[1]
Suffix
-naðr
- suffix used to create nouns, particularly from verbs, but also from adjectives
Declension
Declension of -naðr (strong u-stem)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Faroese: -naður
- Icelandic: -naður
- Norwegian: -nad
- Swedish: -nad
- Danish: -ne
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References
- ^ Ragnvald Iversen, Norrøn grammatikk, sjette rev. utgave 1961; p. 209