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Where does “-amh” come from?

-amh (Irish) comes from Old Irish -em, from Proto-Celtic *-īmā.

Ancestry of “-amh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irish-emForms occupational nouns
2Proto-Celtic*-īmā—

Words derived from “-amh”

  • gnáthamh
Every word from Proto-Celtic *-īmā →