Where does “namhaid” come from?
namhaid (Irish) comes from Middle Irish náma, from Old Irish námae, from Proto-Celtic nāmants, from Proto-Celtic amati, from Indonesian -i, from Malay -i, from English -ee, from French -ée — Creates adjectives from verb stems.
namhaid (Irish): enemy
Ancestry of “namhaid”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Irish | náma | enemy |
| 2 | Old Irish | námae | enemy |
| 3 | Proto-Celtic | nāmants | enemy |
| 4 | Proto-Celtic | amati | to love |
| 5 | Indonesian | -i | — |
| 6 | Malay | -i | locative, repetitive, or exhaustive; added to... |
| 7 | English | -ee | Added to transitive verbs to form words meaning a... |
| 8 | French | -ée | Forming feminine nouns having the sense of... |
| 9 | Middle French | -ee | — |
| 10 | Latin | -eus | argentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →... |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | -εῖος | Forms adjectives, usually with a meaning of "of"... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHwós | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |