Where does “-inis” come from?

-inis (Lithuanian) comes from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

-inis (Lithuanian): forms adjectives with the meaning "of", "made...

Definitions

  1. forms adjectives with the meaning "of", "made...

Ancestry of “-inis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
2Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

Words derived from “-inis”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos →