-ugr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• -agr, -igr

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *-ugaz, 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

-ugr

1. -y

Derived terms

Old Norse terms suffixed with -igr

Old Norse terms suffixed with -ugr

Synonyms

• -óttr

Descendants

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