-erni

== Icelandic == === Etymology === Rebracketing of faðerni (“paternity”), móðerni (“maternity”), bróðerni (“fraternity”) from faðir (“father”), móðir (“mother”), and bróðir (“brother”) + -ni n. The e may be the result of i- mutation of the original stem vowel *a. ==== Suffix ==== -erni n (noun-forming suffix, genitive singular -ernis, nominative plural -erni) a nominal suffix, forming abstract nouns, mostly from adjectives (usually no plural forms) ‎þjóð f (“nation, people”) + ‎-erni → ‎þjóðerni (“nationality”) ‎salur m (“hall”) + ‎-erni → ‎salerni (“toilet”) ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === References === === Further reading === Alexander Jóhannesson (1927), Die Suffixe im Isländischen [The Icelandic suffixes] (in German), Halle: Max Niemeyer Gutenberg Buchdruckerei, §38, page 28