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