Where does “sercaid” come from?

sercaid (Old Irish) comes from Old Irish -id, from Proto-Celtic -īti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

sercaid (Old Irish): a lover

Definitions

  1. a lover

Ancestry of “sercaid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irish-idForms a noun of agency
2Proto-Celtic-īti—
3Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
4Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti →Every word from Old Irish -id →