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Where does “ἴᾱ” come from?
ἴᾱ (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European éy, from Proto-Indo-European h₁e-.
Ancestry of “ἴᾱ”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Indo-European
éy
the; demonstrative pronoun; this one, he
2
Proto-Indo-European
h₁e-
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Words derived from “ἴᾱ”
ἰός
ιός
κυτταρομεγαλοϊός
ρετροϊός
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁e- →
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éy →