Where does “-ισσα” come from?

-ισσα (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -ῐσσᾰ, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

-ισσα (Greek): feminises masculine nouns ending in -ας, -ης,...

Definitions

  1. feminises masculine nouns ending in -ας, -ης,...

Ancestry of “-ισσα”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-ῐσσᾰfemininizes masculine nouns in the first declension
2Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
3Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
4Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “-ισσα”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐσσᾰ →