-ern

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 -rœnn / Old Norse -œnn. In practice, possibly a back-formation from northern, southern, etc.

(Contrast the -ern in hāligern, etc, which is related to ærn (“place”).)

-ern

1. (nonstandard outside fossilized words) Added to the names of directions to form adjectives.

• leftern, rightern

• northern, eastern, southern, western
• northron, southron, westron

• “-ern” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

• -ner-, -ren, NRE, REN, RNE, ner, ren

• IPA^(key): [-ɐn]

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-ern

1. (clarification of this definition is needed) Alternative form of -en
2. makes adjectives with the meaning "made out of"

From Old English -ern, from ærn (“place”).

-ern

1. Denotes a place related to the noun it attaches to

From Old English -erne.

-ern

1. Alternative form of -erne

• English: -ern

From adjectival use of -ærn (“noun suffix denoting location”), from ærn (“place”).

-ern

1. Suffix meaning "a place".

   ‎hāliġ (“holy”) + ‎-ern → ‎hāligern (“sanctuary, holy place”)

• -ærn

• Middle English: -ern

Variant of -erne.

-ern

1. Suffix meaning "toward a place"; alternative form of -erne

• Middle English: -erne, -ern
  • English: -ern