Where does “paranoik” come from?

paranoik (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian paranója, from Ancient Greek παράνοια, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

paranoik (Serbo-Croatian): paranoid, paranoiac

Definitions

  1. paranoid, paranoiac

Ancestry of “paranoik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianparanójaparanoia
2Ancient Greekπαράνοιαderangement, madness
3Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
4Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
5Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ →Every word from Ancient Greek παράνοια →