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Where does “-τρῐᾰ” come from?

-τρῐᾰ (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European -trih₂, from Proto-Indo-European -ih₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Ancestry of “-τρῐᾰ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European-trih₂Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
2Proto-Indo-European-ih₂Feminizes athematic nominal stems
3Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “-τρῐᾰ”

  • πανδοκεύτρια
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