Where does “-yn” come from?

-yn (Manx) comes from Old Irish -, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

-yn (Manx): Pluralisation suffix, similar to English -s;...

Definitions

  1. Pluralisation suffix, similar to English -s;...

Ancestry of “-yn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irish-—
2Latin-tor-er
3Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
4Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
5Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “-yn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tōr →