Where does “-ey” come from?

-ey (Manx) comes from Old Irish -ad, from Proto-Celtic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

-ey (Manx): plural ending of certain nouns; plural ending of...

Definitions

  1. plural ending of certain nouns; plural ending of...

Ancestry of “-ey”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irish-adsuffix forming verbal nouns; suffix forming the...
2Proto-Celtic-tusForms action nouns from verb stems
3Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “-ey”

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