Where does “-amail” come from?

-amail (Middle Irish) comes from Old Irish -amail, from Old Irish amail, from Old Irish samail, from Proto-Celtic samalis, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

-amail (Middle Irish): -like

Definitions

  1. -like

Ancestry of “-amail”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irish-amail-like
2Old IrishamailAlternative form of amal; like, as
3Old Irishsamailverbal noun of samlaidir; likeness, similarity;...
4Proto-Celticsamalissimilitude, description
5Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

Words derived from “-amail

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem-