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Where does “-inъ” come from?

-inъ (Proto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

-inъ (Proto-Slavic): -ine; Creates singulatives, mostly with...

Definitions

  1. -ine; Creates singulatives, mostly with...

Ancestry of “-inъ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
2Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

Words derived from “-inъ”

  • Poland
  • Polish
  • Stalin
  • Pole
  • Stalinist
  • Stalinism
  • polonium
  • Stalinization
  • Polander
  • destalinization
  • Stalinian
  • Stalinize
  • poloniferous
  • Polandball
  • polonate
  • organopolonium
  • destalinize
  • polonide
  • eka-polonium
  • neo-Stalinist
  • pan-Polish
  • polonio
  • polonium
  • Polonia
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