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Where does “-as” come from?

-as (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic -assus, from Proto-Indo-European -ad-tus.

-as (Old Irish): Nominal suffix, used to form abstract ideas or...

Definitions

  1. Nominal suffix, used to form abstract ideas or...

Ancestry of “-as”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtic-assus—
2Proto-Indo-European-ad-tus—

Words derived from “-as”

  • borrachas
  • voltas
  • giallnas
  • homaighnéasachas
  • Rúisis
  • feidearálachas
  • fochostas
  • araltas
  • cothromas
  • cothromasach
  • gnéasaíochas
  • éabhlóideachas
  • gnéasachas
  • trasghnéasachas
  • feimineachas
  • canúnachas
  • féin-earótachas
  • earótachas
  • gníomhas
  • meánaoiseachas
  • costasúil
  • meánoideachas
  • sochoideachasúil
  • oideachasúil
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ad-tus →