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Where does “labraithir” come from?

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

labraithir (Old Irish): to speak, to say; For quotations using this term,...

Definitions

  1. to speak, to say; For quotations using this term,...

Ancestry of “labraithir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irish-aid—
2Proto-Celtic-ātiForms verbs from nouns and adjectives
3Proto-Indo-European-h₂tiForms factitive verbs from adjective stems

Words derived from “labraithir”

  • urlabhraí
  • labhairt
  • urlabhairt
  • labhair
  • labharthacht
  • labharthach
  • labairt
  • coloayr
  • loayr
  • aaloayr
  • aaloayreyder
  • loayrt
  • so-loayrtaght
  • ym-loayr
  • jeih-loayrtagh
  • so-loayrtagh
  • labraid
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ti →