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Where does “jis” come from?
jis (Proto-Baltic) comes from Proto-Indo-European éy, from Proto-Indo-European h₁e-.
Ancestry of “jis”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Indo-European
éy
the; demonstrative pronoun; this one, he
2
Proto-Indo-European
h₁e-
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Words derived from “jis”
īsts
īstens
īstums
īstenot
īstenība
īstenošana
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