Where does “ἀγχιστῖνος” come from?

ἀγχιστῖνος (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek ἄγχιστος, from Ancient Greek -ῐστος, from Proto-Indo-European -istHos, from Proto-Indo-European -yōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yoss.

ἀγχιστῖνος (Ancient Greek): close together, crowded, in heaps

Definitions

  1. close together, crowded, in heaps

Ancestry of “ἀγχιστῖνος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἄγχιστοςnearest
2Ancient Greek-ῐστοςAdded to some adjectives to form a superlative adjective
3Proto-Indo-European-istHos—
4Proto-Indo-European-yōsForms adjectives from roots, meaning "very" or...
5Proto-Indo-European-yoss—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yoss →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐστος →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yōs →