-óttr

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Suffix

-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

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Descendants

  • Swedish: -ad, -t
  • Westrobothnian: -ut, -øt

References

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