lawyer

[Alone Coder]

Откуда y?

[Ion Borș]

Откуда y?

law +‎ -yer.

Suffix -yer = from Middle English, partly an alteration of -ier; and partly from Middle English -yere, -iere, -ȝere, the suffix -er appended to words ending in ȝ or g. More at -ier, -er.

Suffix "-yer" rare, usually no longer productive.

6 ex.: bowyer; lawyer; lovyer; mowyer; sawyer; sieveyer.

[autolyk]

OE laȝu + ere. Перед гласными переднего ряда ȝ произносился как [j].

[Bhudh]

А перед огубленными [w].

[Karakurt]

Этимология O.E. æ "law"?

[autolyk]

Точнее ǣ. Из PGerm. *aiwaz ~ *aiwiz, по-видимому когнат гр. αιών.