Where does “á-” come from?

á- (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic ēs, from Proto-Indo-European ís — this, he (used as the 3rd person pronoun).

á- (Old Irish): him triggers eclipsis

Definitions

  1. him triggers eclipsis

Ancestry of “á-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticēshe, she, it
2Proto-Indo-Europeanísthis, he (used as the 3rd person pronoun)

Words derived from “á-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ís →Every word from Proto-Celtic ēs →