Where does “teyrgweyth” come from?

teyrgweyth (Cornish) comes from Manx -teyr, from Old Irish -tóir, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

teyrgweyth (Cornish): thrice, three times

Definitions

  1. thrice, three times

Ancestry of “teyrgweyth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Manx-teyrSuffix appended to words to create an agent noun,...
2Old Irish-tóir—
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →