Where does “-id” come from?

-id (Manx) comes from Old Irish -id, from Proto-Celtic -īti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

-id (Manx): Agent suffix

Definitions

  1. Agent suffix

Ancestry of “-id”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irish-idForms a noun of agency
2Proto-Celtic-īti—
3Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
4Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “-id”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti →Every word from Old Irish -id →