Where does “so-smaghtey” come from?

so-smaghtey (Manx) comes from Manx so-, from Old Irish so-, from Proto-Celtic su-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁su-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁wes- — good; to be cheerful, happy; to eat, to feast.

so-smaghtey (Manx): correctable

Definitions

  1. correctable

Ancestry of “so-smaghtey”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Manxso-X-able, easily Xed
2Old Irishso-good
3Proto-Celticsu-good, well
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁su-good
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁wes-good; to be cheerful, happy; to eat, to feast
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁wes- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁su- →Every word from Manx so- →