Where does “-ta” come from?

-ta (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

Ancestry of “-ta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
2Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
3Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “-ta”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts →