Where does “*-ī” come from?

*-ī (Proto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic *-īˀ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Ancestry of “*-ī”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavic*-īˀ—
2Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
3Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “*-ī”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂ →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *-īˀ →