Where does “-id” come from?

-id (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic -īti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

-id (Old Irish): Forms a noun of agency

Definitions

  1. Forms a noun of agency

Ancestry of “-id”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtic-īti—
2Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
3Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “-id”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti →Every word from Proto-Celtic -īti →