Where does “-iitta” come from?

-iitta (Finnish) comes from Latin -ītēs, from Ancient Greek -ῑ́της, from Biblical Hebrew אֶפְרָיִם.

Ancestry of “-iitta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-ītēsadjective-forming suffix, especially of nominalized adjectives identifying groups of people as "those belonging to"
2Ancient Greek-ῑ́τηςbelonging to; member of; member of a group
3Biblical Hebrewאֶפְרָיִם
Every word from Biblical Hebrew אֶפְרָיִם
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