Where does “-yt” come from?

-yt (Middle Welsh) comes from Latin -itia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

-yt (Middle Welsh): ness, -ment

Definitions

  1. ness, -ment

Ancestry of “-yt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-itia-ness, -ity
2Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
3Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
4Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
5Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “-yt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Latin -ia →Every word from Latin -ius →