-ern en · X
Etymology
In form, from Middle English -erne, -ern, -ren, -ron (northern(e), northron, so(u)thern(e), sothron, etc), from Old English -erne (norþerne, etc), from Proto-Germanic *-r- (probably from rebracketing of *nurþrōnijaz etc) + *-ōnijaz, whence also Old High German -rōni, Old Saxon -rōni, Old Norse -rǿnn / Old Norse -ǿnn. In practice, possibly a back-formation from northern, southern, etc. (Contrast the -ern in hāliġern, etc., which is related to ærn (“place”).)
Meanings
- (morpheme, qualifier:nonstandard outside fossilized words) Added to the names of directions to form adjectives.
Deriveds
Relateds
norther · northron · westron · easter · eastron · northern · southron · souther · southern · eastern · western · wester