Where does “ablid” come from?

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

ablid (Manx): ability, capacity, faculty, adroitness

Definitions

  1. ability, capacity, faculty, adroitness

Ancestry of “ablid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Manx-idAgent suffix
2Old Irish-idForms a noun of agency
3Proto-Celtic-īti—
4Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
5Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti →Every word from Manx -id →