Where does “cliwederys” come from?
cliwederys (Manx) comes from Manx cliweder, from Manx -der, from Old Irish -atóir, from Latin -ator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
cliwederys (Manx): swordsmanship; bout
Ancestry of “cliwederys”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Manx | cliweder | swordsman |
| 2 | Manx | -der | Suffix appended to words to create an agent noun,... |
| 3 | Old Irish | -atóir | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |