Where does “banginis” come from?

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

banginis (Lithuanian): whale (large sea mammal)

Definitions

  1. whale (large sea mammal)

Ancestry of “banginis”, 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 →