Word for a specific way we noun our verbs?

[thisisamanwhoknowshowtogling@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

I'm doing some conlanging for a book and I'm having trouble finding the word for how we can take a verb, add -er at the end, and get a word for a person who does that thing. For example, a driver is someone who drives, a commander is someone who commands, a lawyer is someone who laws, and a finger is someone who fings. I am having trouble finding out how other languages noun their verbs in this way since I don't know what this thing is called. Pls halp.

[spikesotherdog@ani.social]

I mean, adding a suffix is a way of changing the meaning of a word.

[tauzero@mander.xyz]

I'm coming up with "agent noun"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_noun#Words_related_to_agent_noun

[emb@lemmy.world]

Nothing wrong with posting here (looks like a solid answer already given!), but this thread seems like a good time to plug some relevant communities that exist and would probably be helpful for this kind of thing:

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[thisisamanwhoknowshowtogling@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

This was exactly what I needed. Thank you.