Where does “cleasaich” come from?

cleasaich (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic -ich, from Old Irish -igidir, from Proto-Celtic *-sagyetor — denominative/causative suffix.

cleasaich (Scottish Gaelic): play

Definitions

  1. play

Ancestry of “cleasaich”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelic-ichSuffix used to form verbs; semi-productive in...
2Old Irish-igidira suffix used to form verbs from nouns and...
3Proto-Celtic*-sagyetordenominative/causative suffix
Every word from Proto-Celtic *-sagyetor →Every word from Scottish Gaelic -ich →Every word from Old Irish -igidir →