Where does “τις” come from?

τις (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek τίς, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.

τις (Greek): them

Definitions

  1. them

Ancestry of “τις”, step by step

τις traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek τίς

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekτίς"interrogative"; who?; what?
2Proto-Indo-European*kʷís—

via Byzantine Greek τὲς

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Byzantine Greekτὲςthe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís →Every word from Ancient Greek τίς →