Where does “-isti” come from?

-isti (Finnish) comes from Ancient Greek -ιστής, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Proto-Hellenic -tās.

-isti (Finnish): -ist

Definitions

  1. -ist

Ancestry of “-isti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-ιστήςAlternative form of -τής; -ist
2Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
3Proto-Hellenic-tās—

Words derived from “-isti”

Every word from Proto-Hellenic -tās →Every word from Ancient Greek -τής →Every word from Ancient Greek -ιστής →
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