Where does “yl-ree” come from?
yl-ree (Manx) comes from Manx yl-rey, from Manx -rey, from Old Irish -rad, from Proto-Celtic *-retom, from Proto-Indo-European Hret- — to roll; wheel; to run, roll.
yl-ree (Manx): to multiply
Ancestry of “yl-ree”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Manx | yl-rey | plural |
| 2 | Manx | -rey | Collective suffix, attached to nouns or... |
| 3 | Old Irish | -rad | Forms collective nouns from nouns or adjectives |
| 4 | Proto-Celtic | *-retom | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | Hret- | to roll; wheel; to run, roll |