Where does “-rey” come from?

-rey (Manx) comes from Old Irish -rad, from Proto-Celtic *-retom, from Proto-Indo-European Hret- — to roll; wheel; to run, roll.

-rey (Manx): Collective suffix, attached to nouns or...

Definitions

  1. Collective suffix, attached to nouns or...

Ancestry of “-rey”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irish-radForms collective nouns from nouns or adjectives
2Proto-Celtic*-retomrun
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanHret-to roll; wheel; to run, roll

Words derived from “-rey”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hret- →Every word from Old Irish -rad →Every word from Proto-Celtic *-retom →