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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”

  • avinis
  • pornografinis
  • žvaigždinis
  • pašalinis
  • tiesioginis
  • sėklinis
  • laukinis
  • vaizdinis
  • upinis
  • paupinis
  • mokyklinis
  • begalinis
  • izoterminis
  • ugnikalninis
  • asmeninis
  • analinis
  • erotinis
  • lytinis
  • haliucinacinis
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