Where does “ὡσεί” come from?

ὡσεί (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek ὡς, from Ancient Greek -ως, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

ὡσεί (Ancient Greek): as if, as though; 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer,...

Definitions

as if, as though; 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer,...

Ancestry of “ὡσεί”, step by step

ὡσεί traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek ὡς

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Ancient Greek	ὡς	the introduction to similes; to qualify a general...
2	Ancient Greek	-ως	Added to the stem of adjectives or pronouns to...
3	Proto-Indo-European	-ós	Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

via Ancient Greek εἰ

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Ancient Greek	εἰ	if
2	Proto-Indo-European	h₁ey	—

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ως →Every word from Ancient Greek ὡς →