Old English -estre

← Old English -ere (mention)

← Proto-Germanic *-istrijǭ (inherited)

← Proto-Germanic *-astrijǭ (mention)

← Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz (mention)

→ English lobster (mention)

→ English lobster (mention)

→ English -ster (inherited)

→ Old English loppestre (mention)

→ Old English loppestre (mention)

→ Old English hoppestre (affix)

→ Old English wæpnwifestre (mention)

→ Old English bepæcestre (affix)

→ Dutch -ster (cognate)