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Where does “daidí” come from?

daidí (Irish) comes from English daddy, from English -y, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

daidí (Irish): daddy

Definitions

  1. daddy

Ancestry of “daidí”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdaddyFather; A male lover; An informal term of address...
2English-yAdded to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives...
3Middle English-yDesignates an adjective, in many cases formed by...
4Old English-iġ-y, -ic
5Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
6Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
7Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
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