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Where does “-ed” come from?

-ed (Welsh) comes from Welsh -fed, from Proto-Brythonic -β̃ed, from Proto-Celtic -metos.

-ed (Welsh): Forms an equative of an adjective of one or two...

Definitions

  1. Forms an equative of an adjective of one or two...

Ancestry of “-ed”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Welsh-fed-th
2Proto-Brythonic-β̃ed—
3Proto-Celtic-metos—

Words derived from “-ed”

  • merchet
  • diflased
  • byrred
  • culed
  • hapused
  • merched
  • teced
  • newydded
  • twped
  • gwyched
  • anodded
  • ystyried
  • donioled
  • caleted
  • tristed
  • llysferched
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