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Where does “-ich” come from?

-ich (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish -igidir, from Proto-Celtic *-sagyetor.

-ich (Scottish Gaelic): Suffix used to form verbs; semi-productive in...

Definitions

  1. Suffix used to form verbs; semi-productive in...

Ancestry of “-ich”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irish-igidira suffix used to form verbs from nouns and...
2Proto-Celtic*-sagyetor—

Words derived from “-ich”

  • sorchaich
  • notaich
  • taobhaich
  • mì-thoilich
  • eadar-theangaichear
  • nuadhaich
  • searmonaich
  • sponsairich
  • mì-thràthaich
  • cleasaich
  • suidhich
  • dì-làraich
  • mì-shnasaich
  • ath-nuadhaich
  • ath-chuairtich
  • uchd-mhacaich
  • mì-mhìnich
  • for-cheumnaiche
  • eadar-shreathaich
  • neadaich
  • sgreamhaich
  • mì-gheuraich
  • rèitich
  • uidheamaich
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