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Where does “-ee” come from?

-ee (Manx) comes from Old Irish -igidir, from Proto-Celtic *-sagyetor.

-ee (Manx): Suffix used to form verbs from nouns

Definitions

  1. Suffix used to form verbs from nouns

Ancestry of “-ee”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irish-igidira suffix used to form verbs from nouns and...
2Proto-Celtic*-sagyetor—

Words derived from “-ee”

  • so-choyrlit
  • coyrlit
  • co-ushtee
  • aafaillee
  • agglee
  • ym-aggleydagh
  • ym-aggleyder
  • slaanee
  • neuhiyree
  • siyree
  • aaghtee
  • aaghaelgee
  • aayeshee
  • aacheimnee
  • aavioee
  • bioee
  • ushtee
  • aalettyree
  • co-chaggee
  • co-chaggeeaght
  • Jinnee
  • aaphlaastree
  • plaastree
  • retrickee
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