Where does “ziss” come from?

ziss (Vilamovian) comes from Old High German suozī, from Old High German -ī, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

ziss (Vilamovian): sweet

Definitions

  1. sweet

Ancestry of “ziss”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germansuozīsweet
2Old High German-ī-ness
3Proto-West Germanic-ī-ness, -th
4Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
5Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
6Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Old High German -ī →Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄ →