Where does “-fa” come from?

-fa (Welsh) comes from Proto-Celtic magos, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- — big, great; great; big, stour, great.

-fa (Welsh): swydd + API → swyddfa; meddyg + API → meddygfa;...

Definitions

  1. swydd + API → swyddfa; meddyg + API → meddygfa;...

Ancestry of “-fa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticmagosplain, field
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂-big, great; great; big, stour, great

Words derived from “-fa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- →Every word from Proto-Celtic magos →