-óttr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Norse *-ᛟᚺᛏᚨᛉ (*-ohtaʀ) 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

Old Norse terms suffixed with -óttr

eyjóttr

fjǫllóttr

flekkóttr

freknóttr

fǫxóttr

vǫkóttr

• glófoxóttr
• grábildóttr
• hornóttr
• leiróttr
• rauðdropóttr
• svartblesóttr
• vikóttr

Descendants

• Icelandic: -óttur
• Faroese: -utur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: -ete, -et, -ut
• Norwegian Bokmål: -et, -ete
• Swedish: -ad, -t
• Danish: -et