Where does “dorraghys” come from?

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

dorraghys (Manx): darkness

Definitions

  1. darkness

Ancestry of “dorraghys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Manx-ysNominal suffix, used to form abstract ideas or...
2Old Irish-asNominal suffix, used to form abstract ideas or...
3Proto-Celtic-assus—
4Proto-Indo-European-ad-tus—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ad-tus →Every word from Manx -ys →Every word from Old Irish -as →