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Where does “cis” come from?
cis (Finnish) comes from German Cis, from German -is — sharp, ♯.
cis
(Finnish): C-sharp
Definitions
C-sharp
Ancestry of “cis”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
German
Cis
C-sharp
2
German
-is
sharp, ♯
Words derived from “cis”
Cis-duuri
cis-molli
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