Where does “-o” come from?

-o (Welsh) comes from Middle Welsh -aw, from Proto-Brythonic -ọβ̃ — Forms verbal nouns, originally from ā-verbs.

-o (Welsh): used to form pet names; verb suffix for the...

Definitions

  1. used to form pet names; verb suffix for the...

Ancestry of “-o”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Welsh-aw
2Proto-Brythonic-ọβ̃Forms verbal nouns, originally from ā-verbs

Words derived from “-o

Every word from Proto-Brythonic -ọβ̃