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-eri

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "eri"

Danish

Etymology

Via Low German -erie, from Old French -erie, from Latin -aria.

Suffix

-eri

act of [verb]ing, -ing
drikkeri; skriveri ― drinking; writing
-ery, business where [verb]ing is done
‎bage (“to bake”) + ‎-eri → ‎bageri (“bakery”)

Derived terms

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Middle English

Noun

-eri

alternative form of -erie

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Low German -erie.

Suffix

-eri n

used to form nouns from verbs and other nouns

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål terms suffixed with -eri

References

“-eri” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Low German -erie.

Suffix

-eri n

used to form nouns from verbs and other nouns

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk terms suffixed with -eri

References

“-eri” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Sicilian

Etymology

Possibly inherited from Occitan/Iberian stratum, from Vulgar Latin *-airu, from the metathesis of Latin -ārius. Compare Italian -iere, Catalan -er, Spanish -ero, Portuguese -eiro. Doublet of -aru.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /-ˈɛɾi/, [-ˈɛɾɪ], [-ˈjɛɾɪ]

Suffix

-eri m

forms occupations and other agent nouns from nouns
‎canceḍḍu (“gate”) + ‎-eri → ‎canciḍḍeri (“gatekeeper, chancelor”)

‎cavaḍḍu (“horse”) + ‎-eri → ‎cavaleri (“knight”)

‎panettu (“loaf”) + ‎-eri → ‎panitteri (“baker”)

‎porta (“door”) + ‎-eri → ‎purteri (“doorkeeper”)

‎porta (“goal”) + ‎-eri → ‎purteri (“goalkeeper”)

Derived terms

Sicilian terms suffixed with -eri

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Swedish

Etymology

From Low German -erie, from Old French -erie.

Suffix

-eri

-ery, making a business from a verb, e.g. baka (“to bake”) → bageri (“a bakery”)

Derived terms

Swedish terms suffixed with -eri

See also

-makeri

Anagrams

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