Where does “pagrindinis” come from?

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

pagrindinis (Lithuanian): basic

Definitions

  1. basic

Ancestry of “pagrindinis”, 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 →