Where does “-ad” come from?

-ad (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

-ad (Old Irish): suffix forming verbal nouns; suffix forming the...

Definitions

  1. suffix forming verbal nouns; suffix forming the...

Ancestry of “-ad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtic-tusForms action nouns from verb stems
2Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “-ad

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Proto-Celtic -tus