Where does “-τις” come from?

-τις (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

-τις (Ancient Greek): retained after dentals

Definitions

  1. retained after dentals

Ancestry of “-τις”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “-τις

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis