Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hwásištʰas
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This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Indo-Iranian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From *Hwásuš (“good”) + *-ištʰas (superlative suffix).
Adjective[edit]
*Hwásištʰas[1]
- superlative degree of *Hwásuš (“good”): best, most excellent
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hwásiṣṭʰas
- Sanskrit: वसिष्ठ (vásiṣṭha) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Iranian: *Hwáhištah
References[edit]
- ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “vásu-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
Categories:
- Proto-Indo-Iranian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Indo-Iranian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁wes-
- Proto-Indo-Iranian terms suffixed with *-ištʰas
- Proto-Indo-Iranian lemmas
- Proto-Indo-Iranian adjectives
- Proto-Indo-Iranian terms belonging to the root *Hwas-
- Proto-Indo-Iranian superlative adjectives