Where does “Genādijs” come from?
Genādijs (Latvian) comes from Russian Генна́дий, from Ancient Greek Γεννάδιος, from Ancient Greek -ῐος, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
Ancestry of “Genādijs”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | Генна́дий | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Γεννάδιος | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -ῐος | belonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |