-bar

Meaning

-able, -ible

Concepts

-ible

-able

Synonyms

-lich

-abel

Translations

-baar

-ável

-ível

-ible

-abile

-able

-able

-ible

-ible

-ibile

-able

-abilis

-abel

-ebile

-evole

Pronounced as (IPA)

/baːɐ̯/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: -bære

Inherited from Old High German: -bāri

Cognate with Dutch: -baar

Cognate with Western Frisian: -ber

Cognate with Old English: -bǣre

Cognate with Old Norse: -bærr

In summary

From Middle High German -bære, from Old High German -bāri, from Proto-Germanic *bēriz.
The modern vowel -a- is after the adverb form (Middle High German -bāre, Old High German -bāro), which came to be used in predicative and then also in attributive position. This development was especially Low and Central German (compare Middle Low German -bār(e) alongside -bēr(e)). Also cognate with Dutch -baar, West Frisian -ber, Old English -bǣre. Old Norse -bærr (Old Swedish -bǣr). This suffix is said to be West Germanic, so the Old Norse form is probably an early Middle Low German borrowing.