Where does “-ú” come from?
-ú (Irish) comes from Old Irish -ugud, from Old Irish -ad, from Proto-Celtic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
-ú (Irish): Regular verbal noun of second-conjugation verbs,...
Definitions
- Regular verbal noun of second-conjugation verbs,...
Ancestry of “-ú”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Irish | -ugud | — |
| 2 | Old Irish | -ad | suffix forming verbal nouns; suffix forming the... |
| 3 | Proto-Celtic | -tus | Forms action nouns from verb stems |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |