Where does “-ῐσσᾰ” come from?

-ῐσσᾰ (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

-ῐσσᾰ (Ancient Greek): femininizes masculine nouns in the first declension

Definitions

  1. femininizes masculine nouns in the first declension

Ancestry of “-ῐσσᾰ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
2Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
3Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “-ῐσσᾰ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂ →
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