Where does “-aid” come from?
-aid (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic -āti, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ti — Forms factitive verbs from adjective stems.
Ancestry of “-aid”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Celtic | -āti | Forms verbs from nouns and adjectives |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ti | Forms factitive verbs from adjective stems |
Words derived from “-aid”