Where does “jemenittisk” come from?
jemenittisk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål jemenitt, from Norwegian Bokmål -itt, from French -ité, from Latin -īta, from Ancient Greek -ίτης, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της, from Ancient Greek -της, from Proto-Hellenic -tāts — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
jemenittisk (Norwegian Bokmål): Yemeni
Ancestry of “jemenittisk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | jemenitt | a Yemeni |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | -itt | used to form endings for nouns, usually... |
| 3 | French | -ité | Alternative form of -té, giving a quality or... |
| 4 | Latin | -īta | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ίτης | Suffix forming a masculine noun: one connected... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |