Where does “σφιγκτῶς” come from?

σφιγκτῶς (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek σφιγκτός, from Ancient Greek -τός, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

Ancestry of “σφιγκτῶς”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekσφιγκτόςtightly bound
2Ancient Greek-τόςcreates verbal adjectives of possibility, either...
3Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tósEvery word from Ancient Greek -τόςEvery word from Ancient Greek σφιγκτός