Where does “sóeraid” come from?

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

sóeraid (Old Irish): to free, to liberate; to save, to rescue

Definitions

  1. to free, to liberate; to save, to rescue

Ancestry of “sóeraid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irish-aidforms [[AP:Old Irish class A I present verbs
2Proto-Celtic-ātiForms verbs from nouns and adjectives
3Proto-Indo-European-h₂tiForms factitive verbs from adjective stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ti →Every word from Old Irish -aid →Every word from Proto-Celtic -āti →
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