-igr

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Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *-īgaz, made up from the stem of the preceding word, together with *-gaz. Compare with English -y. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-kos, whence also Latin -cus.

Suffix

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-igr

  1. -y

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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