Where does “rannaid” come from?

rannaid (Middle Irish) comes from Old Irish rannaid, from Old Irish -aid, from Proto-Celtic -āti, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ti — Forms factitive verbs from adjective stems.

rannaid (Middle Irish): parts, separates; distributes, apportions

Definitions

  1. parts, separates; distributes, apportions

Ancestry of “rannaid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishrannaidto divide; to apportion
2Old Irish-aidforms [[AP:Old Irish class A I present verbs
3Proto-Celtic-ātiForms verbs from nouns and adjectives
4Proto-Indo-European-h₂tiForms factitive verbs from adjective stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ti →Every word from Old Irish -aid →Every word from Proto-Celtic -āti →