Where does “avinis” come from?

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

avinis (Lithuanian): of or pertaining to sheep, ovine

Definitions

  1. of or pertaining to sheep, ovine

Ancestry of “avinis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuanian-inisforms adjectives with the meaning "of", "made...
2Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
3Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from Lithuanian -inis →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos →