Where does “isse” come from?

isse (Neapolitan) comes from Neapolitan isso, from Latin ipsum, from Latin ipse, from Proto-Italic *e(s)peso — himself, herself, itself.

isse (Neapolitan): they

Definitions

  1. they

Ancestry of “isse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Neapolitanissohe
2Latinipsumaccusative masculine singular of ipse; nominative...
3Latinipsehimself, herself, itself, the very, the actual;...
4Proto-Italic*e(s)pesohimself, herself, itself
Every word from Proto-Italic *e(s)peso →Every word from Latin ipse →Every word from Latin ipsum →