Where does “ἵ” come from?
ἵ (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European sih₂, from Proto-Indo-European -ih₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
ἵ (Ancient Greek): she
Ancestry of “ἵ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Indo-European | sih₂ | she |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | -ih₂ | Feminizes athematic nominal stems |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |