Where does “πτῶσις” come from?
πτῶσις (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek πίπτω, from Ancient Greek -ωσις, from Ancient Greek -σῐς, from Ancient Greek -τις, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.
πτῶσις (Ancient Greek): falling, a fall; case; inflection
Definitions
- falling, a fall; case; inflection
Ancestry of “πτῶσις”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ancient Greek | πίπτω | to fall, throw oneself down |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | -ωσις | abnormal condition or state; state, abnormal... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -τις | Earlier form of -σις , retained after dentals δ,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |
Words derived from “πτῶσις”