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Where does “-εις” come from?

-εις (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European -wénts — Forms possessive adjectives from nominal stems.

-εις (Ancient Greek): -ful

Definitions

  1. -ful

Ancestry of “-εις”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European-wéntsForms possessive adjectives from nominal stems

Words derived from “-εις”

  • φθογγήεις
  • χαρίεις
  • ῥοδόεις
  • φωνῆεν
  • φωνήεις
  • ἰχθυόεις
  • αἱματόεις
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wénts →