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Where does “idis” come from?

idis (Finnish) comes from Finnish -is, from Swedish -is, from Latin -is, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

idis (Finnish): idea

Definitions

  1. idea

Ancestry of “idis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-is-er; a suffix used to form nouns and proper nouns...
2Swedish-isSuffix that gives a familiar, and to some extent...
3Latin-issuffixed to the root of nouns in composition,...
4Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
5Proto-Italic-ā—
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →