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Where does “labairt” come from?

labairt (Old Irish) comes from Old Irish labraithir, from Old Irish -aid, from Proto-Celtic -āti, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ti — Forms factitive verbs from adjective stems.

Ancestry of “labairt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishlabraithirto speak, to say; For quotations using this term,...
2Old Irish-aid—
3Proto-Celtic-ātiForms verbs from nouns and adjectives
4Proto-Indo-European-h₂tiForms factitive verbs from adjective stems

Words derived from “labairt”

  • urlabhairt
  • labhairt
  • labharthacht
  • labharthach
  • loayrt
  • so-loayrtaght
  • jeih-loayrtagh
  • so-loayrtagh
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ti →