Where does “-tās” come from?

-tās (Proto-Hellenic) comes from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

Ancestry of “-tās”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
2Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “-tās”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ →