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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