-ier
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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-ier1 var.
-yer, in agent-nouns based on native words and functioning as
-ER1. Among the earliest exx. (XIII) are
tiliere, extension with
-ere of OE.
tilia tiller, cultivator,
bowiare bowyer, maker of bows; these may have served as models for other formations of various and sometimes obscure orig., e.g.
brazier,
clothier;
collier,
drovier,
glazier,
grazier,
haulier,
hosier,
lawyer,
sawyer.
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