Where does “-us” come from?

-us (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic *-es[[-tus]].

-us (Old Irish): her object pronoun, it in reference to a feminine noun

Definitions

  1. her object pronoun, it in reference to a feminine noun

Ancestry of “-us”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtic*-es[[-tus]]

Words derived from “-us

Every word from Proto-Celtic *-es[[-tus]]
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