Where does “cruitçheragh” come from?

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

cruitçheragh (Manx): harpist

Definitions

  1. harpist

Ancestry of “cruitçheragh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishcruittireharpist
2Old Irishcrottharp, lute
3Old Irish-idForms a noun of agency
4Proto-Celtic-īti—
5Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
6Proto-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 Old Irish -id →
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