-yer meaning
EN- SuffixSUF-yer
- (rare, usually no longer productive) Agent suffix, equivalent to -er, appended to some nouns (especially those ending in the letter "w" or "v").
- lawyer
- whityer
- (rare, usually no longer productive) Agent suffix, equivalent to -er, appended to some nouns (especially those ending in the letter "w" or "v").
Definition of -yer in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "-yer" is a morpheme, more specifically, a suffixe.