Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-wari

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *warjaz.

Suffix

*-wari m

dweller, inhabitant, citizen

Inflection

Masculine ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*-wari
Genitive	*-warjas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*-wari	-warjō, -warjōs
Accusative	*-wari	*-warjā
Genitive	*-warjas	*-warjō
Dative	*-warjē	*-warjum
Instrumental	*-warju	*-warjum

Derived terms

Proto-West Germanic terms suffixed with *-wari

Descendants

The suffix was conflated with *-ārī in many languages, eventually causing both to be treated as one.

Old English: -ware
- Middle English: -ere
  - Scots: -ar, -er
  - English: -er
Old Frisian: -ere
- Saterland Frisian: -er
- West Frisian: -er
Old Saxon: *-āri
- Middle Low German: -ære, -er
  - German Low German: -er
  - → Old Norse: -ari
    - Faroese: -ari
    - Old Swedish: -are
      - Swedish: -are
Old Dutch: *-āri
- Middle Dutch: -ere
  - Dutch: -er
Old High German: -āri, -eri, -wari
- Middle High German: -āre, -ære, -er
  - German: -er

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