Where does “-ta” come from?

-ta (Irish) comes from Irish -as, from Old Irish -as, from Proto-Celtic -assus, from Proto-Indo-European -ad-tus.

-ta (Irish): added to nouns to form adjectives; used to form...

Definitions

  1. added to nouns to form adjectives; used to form...

Ancestry of “-ta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irish-asNominal suffix, used to form abstract ideas or...
2Old Irish-asNominal suffix, used to form abstract ideas or...
3Proto-Celtic-assus—
4Proto-Indo-European-ad-tus—

Words derived from “-ta”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ad-tus →Every word from Irish -as →Every word from Old Irish -as →