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Where does “-igid” come from?

-igid (Middle Irish) comes from Old Irish -igidir, from Proto-Celtic *-sagyetor.

Ancestry of “-igid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irish-igidira suffix used to form verbs from nouns and...
2Proto-Celtic*-sagyetor—

Words derived from “-igid”

  • scríbnaigid
  • tromaigid
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