Where does “-ys” come from?

-ys (Manx) comes from Old Irish -as, from Proto-Celtic -assus, from Proto-Indo-European -ad-tus.

-ys (Manx): Nominal suffix, used to form abstract ideas or...

Definitions

  1. Nominal suffix, used to form abstract ideas or...

Ancestry of “-ys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irish-asNominal suffix, used to form abstract ideas or...
2Proto-Celtic-assus—
3Proto-Indo-European-ad-tus—

Words derived from “-ys”

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