Where does “vis” come from?
vis (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Italian Lissa, from Latin Issa, from Ancient Greek Ἴσσα.
vis (Serbo-Croatian): height; summit
Ancestry of “vis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | Lissa | — |
| 2 | Latin | Issa | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Ἴσσα | — |